Scotland ring-fences cash for touring
Creative Scotland has announced details of a new Touring Fund offering organisations outside its Regular Funding portfolio the cha…
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“Class gap” holds back young people from the arts, finds research
Two reports commissioned by Arts Council England found that cost and lack of confidence are major barriers to youth engagement.
Apprenticeship barriers under scrutiny
New research is responding to employer demands for the apprenticeship system to be made more attractive to the creative industries…
Excessive workload is “normalised” at the Fringe, say campaigners
A report by the Fair Fringe campaign finds “shameful” sharp practice by venues and promoters at the Edinburgh Fringe F…
Don’t charge charities for regulation, warns campaign
An open letter to the Charity Commission’s chair argues that charging charities is not “the best course of action or t…
‘Donut’ venues boost community engagement, report finds
Three outer city venues around Leeds were found to have generated committed core audiences in areas perceived as barren.
Visa crackdown will damage Festivals’ reputation, directors warn
A clampdown on visas led to a dozen authors facing unprecedented barriers to visiting the Edinburgh International Book Festival th…
Arts targeted amidst outcry over HS2 salaries
Critics have slammed the use of taxpayers' money to recruit an arts curator to place HS2-linked artwork along the route of the…
Grand Opera House to refurbish new extension
The Belfast venue is planning major changes to 'Act 2', an extension which opened in 2006 but is currently under-used. The…
Debts force Broadway Theatre operator to close
The financial collapse of Performance Art Ventures C.I.C, which ran the Peterborough venue, means the lease will revert to a…
Warrington culture and heritage boosted by local lottery
Culture Warrington, the independent trust that runs the town’s cultural activities, has launched a local lottery delivering…
Design Museum scales back exhibition following artist protest
A third of the works in its ‘Hope to Nope’ exhibition have been returned to artists who objected to the museum hosting…
Council vows to tackle Edinburgh bottlenecks
City Council leaders are calling for Festival venues and shows to be more spread out across the city, and may in future years use…
Critics challenge fundraising strategy for Art Gallery refurbishment
Opposition leaders have accused Aberdeen City Council of failing to hold fundraising consultants accountable for the work they hav…
Art project honouring refugees and migrants destroyed
Liverpool City Council has denied suggestions that a council worker may have mistaken ‘The List’ for an illegal flypos…
Producer charges young performers to appear in panto: Oh yes they did!
A panto production company has caused outrage by levying a £100 fee at young people hoping to perform in its shows.
EU-wide touring visas recommended in Lords report
The House of Lords EU Committee says that multi-country, multi-entry visas allowing cultural workers to make short term visits bet…
€4m pan-European project to support disabled artists
New funding aims to bring disabled artists into the mainstream of European dance and theatre, and build a network committed to pre…
Volunteering less popular than five years ago
The rate of volunteering at clubs and organisations has not recovered to the levels last seen in 2013/14, and the percentage of pe…
ACE draws on Lottery reserves for NPO funding
As well as receiving core funding from the Lottery, Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisations were awarded ove…
‘Brexit boost’ cash will promote Fringe abroad
Edinburgh Festival Fringe has received a £100,000 grant from the UK Government to help it market performances abroad, develo…
Stage managers could be stymied by knife laws
The Offensive Weapons Bill would make it an offence for bladed products to be delivered to a residential address, creating serious…
Tate visitors to review exhibition text
Tate has asked members of the public to review its interpretation texts in a new initiative that aims to make the organisation&rsq…
Charities to publish salary information
From this year, English and Welsh charities will have to provide the Charity Commission with a breakdown of staff remuneration by…
