Curve to expand capacity to combat falling turnover
The addition of 67 seats to the Leicester theatre’s main auditorium will be the second expansion since its opening ten years…
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BBC to open up classical music archive
Historical and recent performances will be “returned to the public” through iPlayer and the BBC Sounds app, Director G…
Expansion of social prescribing promised in loneliness strategy
Arts Council England has been instructed to fund arts and health projects and share best practice.
Culture needs a ‘5-a-day’ campaign, MPs hear
A committee investigating the positive impact of culture and sport on mental and physical health heard that a lack of funding and…
25% of artists considering leaving Scotland after Brexit
The proportion rises to 40% of non-UK EU artists and 33% of artists from outside the EU, according to new research by the Scottish…
Half a million pounds needed to upgrade UK theatres over next five years
In a survey of 148 theatres by the Theatres Trust, venues predict they will need an average of £1.15m each for capital works…
National Theatre Wales builds bridges with Welsh playwrights
The organisation met with theatremakers last week following a scathing open letter that accused it of failing to support Welsh art…
First children’s arts centre opens in Northern Ireland
The Imaginarium Arts Centre in Newry will provide arts and creative activities for children and young people aged between 0 and 17…
Southbank Centre abandons rooftop bar plans
The venue has withdrawn its application to create a pop-up bar on the roof of the Royal Festival Hall. The move follows criticism…
ACE could stand by NPOs that break funding agreements
England’s national funder would consider the local, national and strategic importance of organisations in “acute finan…
Bath council to close arts development service
The decision comes as the region develops a new cultural strategy, aimed at improving access to the arts and recognising the posit…
Peers voice concern for post-Brexit arts in ‘beautifully one-sided’ debate
The Government representative did not provide any further clarity on the future of EU arts funding, progress on reciprocal agreeme…
Arts Council NI staff turn against Chair in letter row
A letter sent to the national funder’s Chief Executive, representing 80% of the organisation’s staff, challenges Chair…
Edinburgh gallery to open following £4.5m revamp
Collective will open at its new site at the City Observatory next month, complete with an exhibition space, a panoramic viewing te…
Ofsted to refocus on ‘broad curriculum’
Campaigners against the EBacc have welcomed the move, but say it will not be enough on its own to save arts subjects.
Loss of small music venues is handing control of culture to robots, MPs told
The economic model for those performing in or running small music venues is unviable, the DCMS Committee was told.
Screen tax reliefs support boom in production
Tax reliefs for film, high-end TV and animation powered a 62% increase in employment, a 67% increase in tax revenues, and a 63% gr…
Music teachers should be included in pay rise, councils warn
The Local Government Association has warned that a recent Government promise to increase teachers’ pay does not cover &lsquo…
Plans revealed for £12m Brewhouse Theatre revamp
The new design for the Taunton venue will wrap around the existing building, creating a larger auditorium and a new flexible studi…
German city takes down pro-refugee sculpture
Kassel city council has voted to remove the ‘Monument to Strangers and Refugees’ obelisk from the centre of the city….
Government forges ahead with museums review recommendations
Two new Government documents explain how national museums will extend their reach throughout England more strategically, and how m…
London dance company to close after 25 years
Richard Alston Dance Company, based at the Place in London since 1994, will close in 2020. Alston said it is now “the turn o…
New arts education study in Leeds
Leeds Playhouse, the Hepworth Wakefield gallery, Northern Ballet and Leeds Young Film will partner with eight schools over a four-…
Sydney Opera House in racing advertisement row
Plans to advertise a horse race on the sails of Sydney Opera House have provoked an angry backlash after the organisation was orde…
