Theatre gives children body image boost
Theatre productions can help to promote healthier body image in young children, a study has found. Led by body image expert Profes…
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Performing arts programme ‘could provide £3.3bn boost for economy’
Study finds that every £1 spent on a primary school performing arts programme generates up to £32 in long-term socioec…
Edinburgh Festivals launch vision for 2030
The Edinburgh Festivals are aiming for the Scottish capital to be a world leading sustainable festival city, according to a new vi…
Disabled artists set to ‘disrupt’ museums nationwide
The UK’s largest-ever exhibition of work by disabled artists will take place across the country on Saturday (2 July). A tota…
Alexandra Palace launches first young actors company
Alexandra Palace’s Young Actors Company is preparing for its inaugural performance in the palace’s theatre next Wednes…
Diverse-led organisations fared worst in cultural recovery support
Arts organisations led by Black, Asian or other ethnically diverse groups were least successful in obtaining financial support fro…
Pioneering Coventry theatre to close
A theatre set up in a former shop in Coventry to allow audiences to enter a space and meet artists as equals is to close after 13…
Plans announced for new theatre in Derby
Derby City Council has announced plans to build a new theatre on a city centre site. The proposed theatre, known as Assemble, woul…
Make music compulsory in schools, says refreshed plan
The updated national plan for music education offers a renewed focus on schools but falls short of addressing all concerns raised…
National Lottery awards £13.7m for community projects
Six projects designed to support heritage, culture and nature have received funding from the National Lottery to help communities…
Relocation dilemma for NPOs as Arts Council reports record grant demand
Stick or twist? London-based cultural organisations confronted with tough choice to move elsewhere in England or to stay put in ca…
Mayor of London expands Creative Enterprise Zones
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has allocated £800,000 to be invested in nine zones across the capital to support jobs and traini…
Plymouth College of Art gains university status
Following approval from the Privy Council, Plymouth College of Art has been granted full university status and formally recognised…
Monkeypox: how can festivals prepare?
With the summer festival season underway, organisers should consider implementing contact tracing systems and raise awareness of m…
Scottish Ballet pilots new care home initiative
A pilot programme called SB Duet will be launched in three Independent Sector Care homes within Inverclyde Health and Care Social…
New BFI study finds lack of career advice hindering sector
A survey conducted by the British Film Institute and ERIC, a careers platform for young people, has found that a “significan…
Nurturing a new generation of visually impaired leaders
Extant theatre company hopes sharing best practice across the industry will lead to increased sector opportunities for visually im…
British Council and Ukrainian Institute launch joint season
The British Council and the Ukrainian Institute have launched the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture, a new programme designed to suppor…
Government to invest over £100m in music education
DCMS, the Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care have jointly announced new music and sport initiat…
Low uptake of live events insurance scheme by festivals
Less than a quarter of the government's ringfenced insurance funding has been paid out, with music festivals finding the schem…
ACE pandemic response was a lifeline for the arts, new report says
The Emergency Recovery Fund, launched by ACE the day after the country went into lockdown in March 2020, receieved 14,000 applicat…
Equity survey shows inflation is a ‘workforce crisis’
The members' survey analysis also reveals Black people and the young are disproportionately leaving the sector after the pande…
Opera UK to discuss sustainability, diversity and advocacy
Opera UK has announced a series of online events to be held in the first week of July that will facilitate discussion around the f…
Four Tet wins legal battle over streaming royalties
Electronic artist Four Tet, whose real name is Kieran Hebden, has reached a settlement with his former label Domino Records after…
