The head of the Royal Opera House has co-signed a letter with opera leaders calling for ENO to reassess decisions to limit itself to eight productions a season and reduce chorus members’ contracts, saying it teeters on the edge of inflicting “irreparable damage” on itself.
As part of a £25m cut to Wales’ Department for the Economy, Science and Transport, which includes the arts and heritage, Arts Council of Wales’ funding will fall from £31.8m to £30.3m in 2016/17.
Analysis by Purple Seven found that the proportion of women writing and directing plays has increased by at least four percentage points since 2012, although there has not been a similar improvement for female actors.
Following arts funding cuts of 17% in 2010 and 20% in 2013, Birmingham City Council has announced a further 25% cut, hitting Ikon Gallery, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and REP theatre.
Le Comedia theatre has teamed up with Theatre in Paris to offer Google Glass-style specs for audience members, allowing them to see English translations of spoken French before their eyes.
An anti-Israel hacker attacked and closed down the website for St. George’s, Bristol’s concert hall, temporarily stopping the sale of tickets and gift-cards. The venue reported no data had been lost.
London-based art, architecture and design collective Assemble was awarded the Turner Prize yesterday for its work regenerating houses in Liverpool – prompting the question, “Is this art?”
Windsor’s arts centre has occupied the town’s former fire station since 2008 but the Royal Borough is now going out to tender with a new lease for the building to ensure it is “securing best value for residents”.
Two out of three organisations to receive grants from an Arts Council England’s fund that aims to build infrastructure in the regions are based in London.
The ticket agent has indicated that it will void any of its tickets for singer Adele’s tour that are re-sold via secondary sites, as part of a move to make secondary ticket sales more transparent.
An international study says the ‘moral and economic rights’ of artists must be protected if they are to sustain their creative activity and fuel the economy.
A four-year Memorandum of Understanding outlines a potential model for collaboration between Arts Council England and local authorities if devolution progresses.
Dulwich Picture Gallery has partnered with Google Cardboard to offer patients at King's College Hospital the chance to don some virtual reality glasses and explore the gallery without leaving hospital.
A viability report commissioned by a stakeholder group of seven organisations, including the Theatres Trust and Brighton and Hove City Council, found that the venue has a “viable future as a live performance venue” provided that funds to restore the building are found.
Following a £2m revamp that has taken two years to complete, the Theatre Royal in Dumfries has re-opened with a new rehearsal space, refreshed foyer and enhanced bar and food facilities.
Marking the first anniversary of York being made a UNESCO Media Arts City, plans for a 20-day digital ‘Mediale’ – set to involve 100,000 people – have been announced.
Equity and UK Theatre have settled a new commercial theatre agreement which will see stage managers and actors outside London receive a 13% pay rise by 2018/19, backdated to April 2015.
London’s Arts Theatre is to become the first venue to host a musical written by a computer, which will feature a plot based on the “recipe for success” found in other popular musicals.
The National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company are among the organisations participating in a ‘digital showcase’, which will allow audiences to discover exhibits and engage with over 150 interactive stories online.
