Pay crisis builds as arts workers struggle to make ends meet
Across the UK, but especially in London, arts workers are considering their futures in the sector as salaries have fallen out of s…
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Arts Council of Wales to ‘renew and strengthen’ relationship with Europe post-Brexit
The national funder’s latest international strategy sets out ambitions to showcase Wales’ artists on a global stage an…
MPs and arts organisations pledge to support disabled access
More than 100 people and organisations have signed The Cultural Inclusion Manifesto, making an urgent plea for strategic partnersh…
Record box office takings at West End
Data released by the Society of London Theatres reveals West End theatres took £766m at the box office in 2018 – an 8….
Arts Council issues no-deal Brexit guidance for arts organisations
A new document draws together relevant Government policies on topics including touring to EU countries, moving goods across border…
Northern Ireland Opera forced to provide holiday pay to actors
Two actors were successful in their legal claims that they were entitled to holiday pay because they were “employees working…
Plans released for multi-million-pound National Portrait Gallery refurbishment
The £35.5m project includes a new entrance, a new learning space and new galleries in the east wing, aiming to showcase more…
Theatres Trust highlights 31 at-risk venues
The Theatres at Risk register for 2019 adds two new venues – Tottenham Palace theatres and Theatr Ardudwy – and calls…
Royal Northern College of Music to research musical ‘earworms’
Funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council will be used to understand why sections of some music get ‘stuck&rsquo…
Culture leaders support people’s vote on Brexit
Arts figures, including Matthew Slotover, Co-Director of Frieze Art Fair, and Gary Waterston, Managing Director of Gagosian Galler…
London concert hall to cost £288m
First designs have been released for the “centre for music”, including a 2,000-seat “acoustically perfect”…
Young people more likely to use art galleries to unwind
In a survey of 2,500 people for the Art Fund, those under thirty were twice as likely as the over-thirties to say they went to a g…
Classical singing competition to use ‘blind auditions’
In a scheme run by casting site Audition Oracle, singers will perform from behind a screen to representatives from organisations s…
Only a third of artists’ income comes from their art, research finds
A newly-released Arts Council England report finds that portfolio careers are the norm among artists, and that the sector is domin…
Five English areas share £20m Cultural Development Fund
Projects in Wakefield and the Thames Estuary have landed more than £4m each to boost the local creative industries, through…
Campaigners fight to save Bristol arts hub
6,000 people have signed a petition to stop the space, which had been used for a Banksy mural, from being turned into flats. City…
Primary schools lament decline in arts provision
A new report calls for an arts education premium for every primary school to address worsening lesson quality and offer opportunit…
Arts Council of Northern Ireland could re-introduce multi-year funding
The funder has also set out plans to create a consultative assembly of arts professionals, after hearing calls to communicate more…
Government aims to increase music take-up with new model curriculum
Schools Minister Nick Gibb says that the key to increasing the number of music GCSE entries is to improve the quality of lessons f…
Politicians polarise in their opinions of Arts Council England
Labour politicians are increasingly positive about the Arts Council’s work, while sentiment among Conservatives has moved in…
Collapse in Justgiving donations to arts over past four years
Figures provided by the online funding platform to the BBC reveal there has been a 33% drop in giving to arts and culture, and a 1…
Council saves at-risk Norfolk theatre
St George’s Theatre in Great Yarmouth has been granted £27k by the local council and had its annual funding increased…
Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff looks for new expansion schemes
The venue has dropped five-year old plans for a £6m refurbishment – saying they were too ambitious in the current clim…
Student sentenced for bomb-scare ‘artwork’ on Newcastle bridge
33-year-old Thomas Ellison, from Fenham in Newcastle, has been sentenced to 90 hours of community service for placing a lunchbox w…
