Craft Central to close due to financial pressures
East London-based charity Craft Central will close its doors at the end of the month, citing financial pressures including high re…
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Theatre to stay closed as council explores alternatives
Harlequin Theatre in Redhill will stay shut for “some time” due to the “extensive presence of RAAC”, accor…
Nearly 50 former NPOs have closed since 2018
Research by third-sector financial benchmarkers MyCake has analysed the longevity and turnover of arts organisations that exit Art…
Arts Council Northern Ireland issues 10-year plan for public review
Arts Council Northern Ireland (ACNI) has published its first 10-year strategy for public consultation. The funding body developed…
Science Museum signs deal for new Saudi hub
Science Museum Group said it hopes the new Riyadh hub will help it collaborate with museum professionals, researchers and educator…
British Museum mutes social media over moai statue campaign
The British Museum deactivated the responses on a social media post after being flooded with comments from Chileans demanding that…
Musicians accept ENO agreement with ‘heavy hearts’
The orchestra at English National Opera has agreed in principle to a deal including seven months' guaranteed work and a minimu…
Future of BBC Singers secured
A project looking at the future of the BBC’s performing groups has concluded with the announcement that a sustainable future…
First woman of colour appointed Scottish Culture Minister
KAUBAB STEWART has been appointed the new Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development in a Scottish cabinet reshuff…
Equity protests Nottingham council’s proposed budget cuts
Nottingham County Council is proposing to cut its entire £198k cultural budget, as part of sweeping money saving measures &#…
Soho Theatre apologises for anti-Israel ‘incident’
Soho Theatre, London, has issued a statement apologising for an “incident” on 10 February that is understood to have i…
ACE warns NPOs of ‘political statement’ dangers
Updates to Arts Council England's policies warn that "political statements" made by individuals linked to an organis…
Pilot scheme offers children free travel to theatre
Schoolchildren in the West Midlands will benefit from a new pilot scheme promising free travel for theatre visits. Wolverhampton G…
Arts Council Wales consults on voluntary redundancies
Chief Executive of Arts Council of Wales, Dafydd Rhys, says the organisation has been forced to make "extremely difficult dec…
National museums excluded from restitution law
A law that would have allowed the restitution of artefacts on moral grounds will not apply to national museums and galleries, the…
Under half of England’s local authorities have a cultural strategy
Analysis from the start of last year found less than half of England’s local authorities have a publicly available cultural…
Watermill receives extra £20k from local trust
Greenham Trust has granted £20k of match funding to Watermill Theatre to help “secure the future work” of the fo…
ACE: freedom of expression is ‘indisputably vital’
Following an article AP published earlier this week, Arts Council England has issued a statement explaining its position on freedo…
Key NPOs cut carbon emissions by 40%
A group of 30 Arts Council England (ACE) National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs) responsible for producing around a third of the p…
£500k capital funding for Colchester’s Mercury Theatre
The theatre, which reopened in 2021 after a £11.9m refurbishment, will use the money to create new rehearsal and meetin…
Museum proposes using mine water for clean energy
The National Coal Mining Museum has proposed using geothermal heat to help it decarbonise. The museum pumps an average of 1.5m gal…
Former ArtsEd teacher launches unfair dismissal claim
A tribunal has heard that a former teacher at ArtsEd claimed there was a “culture of fear” at the school and raised co…
Bristol council set to vote on de-listing Colston statue
Plans to de-list a statue of the transatlantic slave trader Edward Colston so it can be permanently housed in a museum are set for…
Music licensing organisation to fund East London arts school
Phonographic Performance Limited will financially support programmes at East London Arts & Music that ensure equal access…
