Closures as NPOs have arts council funding offers withdrawn
Three theatre organisations that were made funding offers last year have not been accepted into Arts Council England’s natio…
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Theatr Clwyd eyes £30m expansion
The theatre has secured £1m from the Arts Council of Wales for the design of a redevelopment, which aims to “ensure th…
What Next? calls for arts workers to lobby MPs on Brexit
A document highlighting how Brexit could impact the arts and cultural sector has been produced ahead of Parliamentary debates on t…
Data map reveals levels of arts engagement across England
The data will be used by Arts Council England to inform a £24m investment in new areas through its Creative People and Place…
European museums express concern about political interference
Directors of major museums in Austria and Poland have warned interference from their increasingly nationalist governments is makin…
Edinburgh council demands expenses for festival volunteers
A new ten-point code of conduct states that volunteers at the city’s events and festivals must not be deployed in place of p…
Multi-million-pound revamp on the cards for Hertford Theatre
The proposed £13.5m redevelopment, due to be debated by the local council next week, would see capacity increased in the mai…
New 24-hour helpline for theatre professionals
The email and phone service, set up by Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, will offer support on health and wellbeing issues…
New theatre planned for Kings Cross
Former National Theatre bosses Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr are set to take on a second theatre in London, according to The Stag…
Royal Opera House paid Music Director £800k last year
Antonio Pappano received a basic salary of £115k and fees for conducting of £680k from the London venue last year &nda…
Arts figures recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Actor Emma Thompson and Royal Ballet Director Kevin O’Hare are among the arts figures granted honours.
Decline of National Lottery sales begins to reverse
A 1.7% increase in returns to the arts has been credited to a “nice run of luck” and a series of new initiatives …
First awards from Freelands Foundation’s £1.5m artist programme
Elisabeth Murdoch’s foundation has granted £375k each to the Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh, G39 in Cardiff, Site Ga…
Sadiq Khan charts spread of London music spaces
A new interactive data map shows where musical activity is concentrated. The London Mayor hopes it will support grassroots music b…
New £2.8m rehearsal studios open at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
The complex will allow most productions to be rehearsed onsite for the first time in the venue’s history and will be hired o…
The Audience Agency joins forces with innovation agency
Golant Media Ventures will merge with The Audience Agency’s enterprise arm as the sector support organisation strengthens it…
Lynette Shanbury appointed to lead Polka Theatre
She will join the children’s theatre as Executive Director in August as it gears up for a major redevelopment.
Arts Council outlines priorities for next two years
The national funder wants to develop a culture of enterprise and increase the use of loan finance in the sector.
Third London arts organisation targeted by thieves in a month
Around £7,000 of equipment has been stolen from Pop-Up Opera’s tour van. This follows a £50k van theft from the…
Drop in regional theatre ticket sales
New figures from UK Theatre reveal ticket sales were down £1.9m across its member theatres in 2017. The number of tickets so…
Belfast City Council backs arts funding campaign group
A motion formally supporting the Arts Matter NI campaign – which has routinely stood against funding cuts and recently coord…
Scottish arts organisation to close after losing funding
Months after being dropped from Creative Scotland’s regularly funded portfolio, public art organisation NVA has announced it…
Funding confirmed for £1.1bn cultural quarter in East London
Formerly known as Olympicopolis, the revamped ‘East Bank’ project has been backed with £385m from London Mayor S…
Bristol arts organisation closes following funding cuts
Poetry Can, which was dropped from Arts Council England’s national portfolio for 2018-22, has announced it will cease operat…
