Glasgow gallery to leave exhibition space
After ten years of activity in the city’s west end, Creative Scotland-backed gallery The Common Guild has announced it will…
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Conservatoire becomes first to appoint musicians’ wellbeing lecturer
The Royal Northern College of Music has responded to increasing complaints of mental health challenges across higher education &nd…
Dudley Hippodrome campaigners’ hopes dashed
The local council has rejected an expression of interest from a community group wanting to refurbish the derelict building as a pe…
Wales Theatre Awards called off after racism controversy
The organisation announced on Twitter that the 2019 ceremony has been cancelled, and that the awards themselves had “come to…
Arts Council of Wales consults on lottery spending
The consultation, which will guide spending for the period 2019-24, includes proposals for introducing three- to five-year funding…
Cultural sector continues to grow faster than the UK economy
The economic output from the cultural sector is now just under £30bn, having grown by 7.3% in one year.
MPs to assess ‘class ceiling’ in the arts
A new parliamentary inquiry will report on the barriers to social mobility and identify practical action that can be taken by char…
Research undervalues social impact of the arts, review finds
An evidence review concludes that nuances around the impact of arts interventions are being lost as evaluations take “an ove…
European politicians hear from music industry gender balance initiative
PRS Foundation’s Keychange initiative, which aims to encourage gender balance in festival lineups and the wider music indust…
Watershed Bristol prepares for major expansion
The arts centre has submitted plans to Bristol City Council for a £12m revamp of “dead space” behind its buildin…
Shadow minister: arts funding ‘should be conditional on ethical employment’
Justin Madders made the comments in relation to a tribunal hearing concerning the employment rights of art educators at the Nation…
Most actors earned less than £5k from the profession last year, survey suggests
One in five of the 3,000 respondents to research by recruitment firm The Mandy Network had not been paid in the entertainment indu…
Report calls for Ofsted to reserve ‘outstanding’ rating for schools with top arts provision
The Edge Foundation report urges the Government to restore creative subjects to the heart of the curriculum and to encourage schoo…
Everyman Liverpool ditches rep company
Despite widespread support when the full-time company was launched in 2016, the theatre has said the idea will be on “pause&…
‘UK’s largest’ bronze sculpture to be installed outside Plymouth theatre
Joseph Hillier’s 23ft statue, Messenger – based on an actor’s pose – will go on display next year outside…
£10m for major Pitlochry Festival Theatre redevelopment
As part of the £700m Tay Cities Region deal, agreed between the Scottish and UK Governments, Pitlochry Festival Theatre has…
RSC stage door staff no longer facing redundancy
The company has been consulting with union BECTU on restructuring some of its workforce, but the theatre has now said that it will…
Almost 90% of arts internships are unpaid
A major new report finds evidence that sectors like the arts trap young people “in cycles of unpaid internships without sign…
Welsh conservatoire provision ‘not sustainable’, review finds
The conservatoire model has been disproportionately hit by funding cuts in Wales, and English institutions for training actors and…
University of Hull joins forces with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on stroke recovery initiative
The partnership will research the impact of the programme and offer students placements on other live music projects around Hull.
EU on course to double culture budget from 2021
The proposed €1.4bn increase in funding, which will be debated again next month, would be funded by an increase in member sta…
Suffolk theatre introduces new policy on audience dancing
Lowestoft’s Marina Theatre, home to numerous musicals, family shows and pantomimes, has responded to tension between those w…
Energy reductions have saved NPOs £16.5m in six years
Environmentally-friendly changes to buildings and activity have cut energy consumption at England’s funded arts organisation…
National Gallery to trial pop-up gallery cafes in Asia
Under the museum’s ‘Delicious Art’ brand, sites will open in Seoul and Guangzhou, featuring replicas of work by…
