Theatres back offstage diversity initiative
Organisations including Sheffield Theatres, the Young Vic, Chichester Festival Theatre and Equity have pledged support for Stage S…
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Art is ‘the elixir’ to teach humane lessons, MPs hear
The DCMS committee heard there had been no press coverage challenging the expenditure of £50m on arts activities to commemor…
UK institutions collaborate on ‘virtual conservatoire’
A digital project will enable real-time collaboration across a consortium of six leading training institutions for performing arti…
Tate Modern becomes most visited attraction in the UK
Total visits to attractions in the UK were up 8.7% on the previous year, driven in large part by regional success and the so-calle…
Britten-Pears Foundation and Snape Maltings to merge
The two Suffolk-based cultural organisations, which originate from the same founders, Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten, have annou…
Rebranding for Jerwood Gallery
The gallery on England’s south coast will reopen as ‘Hastings Contemporary’ after cutting ties with major suppor…
Four-month delay for new immersive theatre venue
London’s Space 18, originally due to open in mid-April, will now open in September. The venue, spread over seven buildings a…
New culture and events research centre in Paisley
The University of West Scotland’s Paisley Campus has opened a Centre for Culture, Sport and Events to produce research aimed…
New home for Jasmin Vardimon Company
The dance organisation will move into a £9m “self-financing, energy-efficient” space in Kent in September 2020,…
Social impact funding to spread Great Exhibition legacy
Part-grant, part-loan funding backed by the DCMS will be available to creative organisations across the north of England.
Music stars boost visits to the Louvre
A 26% rise in admissions to the Paris gallery has been attributed to three key causes: the museum’s most popular exhibition…
Record label signs music deal with algorithm
Smartphone application Endel, which produces sounds based on various factors including the time of day and the weather, has been s…
Singer’s ‘pro-EU’ dress considered too provocative for Royal Albert Hall
Anna Patalong, who performed at the venue last weekend, was forced to change her outfit – a yellow dress with a blue sash featurin…
Plans for West Yorkshire cultural quarter
Kirklees Council has bid for £25m from the Government to invest in a new “vibrant cultural quarter”. The funds w…
Sackler Trust pauses grant giving in UK
The Trust denies claims that the wealth of the Sackler family is linked to the opioid crisis in the US, but says the issue has bec…
Serpentine Pavilion architect in unpaid interns controversy
Junya Ishigami + Associates, which has been chosen by London’s Serpentine Gallery for its annual pavilion programme this yea…
Music teachers on course to gain workers’ rights
Music teachers should be treated as ‘workers’ and provided with holiday pay, national minimum wage and whistle-blower…
Tate says Sackler family donations off the table
The Tate group of galleries – including Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives and Tate Liverpool – has said that alt…
Five projects to lead £5m performing arts skills programme
Croydon, Plymouth, Derby, Salford and Medway are to share government funding to teach children on- and off-stage skills to improve…
London Mayor releases seven-point plan to protect cultural infrastructure
A new toolkit includes guidance of what to do if cultural businesses are at risk of closure, and how to repurpose buildings for cu…
Hull train station to trial classical music to ‘improve behaviour’
Following reported success in a trial at Cleethorpes station, in which playing classical music over the speakers “scared off…
Plans to transform Wigan Pier into cultural quarter move forwards
Ambitions to convert three derelict former industrial buildings on the pier – The Warehouse, The Orwell public house and the…
Portsmouth backs new cultural strategy group to access extra arts funding
Art Council England, Portsmouth City Council and the area’s Victorious Festival have provided a total of £300k to set…
Cheshire arts venue set for major revamp
Ellesmere Port’s Whitby Hall, a 15-roomed Victorian house in which Action Transport Theatre is based, will begin a £4….
