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Over 40% of musicians surveyed by Help Musicians UK reported experiencing hearing loss, with 78% of these believing their occupation was the cause.

As well as building a new 200-seat studio, a 100-seat cinema, rehearsal studios and workshop for set design, the venue is planning to transfer into community ownership.

Reading Borough Council agreed that Reading needs a new arts venue and has approved steps to seek investment to replace the theatre from 1977 which cannot be sufficiently modernised.

Hartlepool Borough Council is working to reopen the Northern Lights Academy, which was built with a grant from the Big Lottery Fund’s Myplace programme but has been forced to close due to management problems.

The Royal College of Music is set to acquire Markova House, English National Ballet‘s headquarters in south west London, as the company prepares to move to a new facility on City Island. Markova House will provide a new home for the conservatoire’s research department, as well as more practice rooms and two new orchestral and opera rehearsal spaces.

Fans trying to buy tickets for the upcoming ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ theatre production were met by disappointment as the ticketing website proved unresponsive and unreliable. Some of those who did secure tickets quickly turned to resale sites where they were offered for up to £900. The news comes after the art sector was invited to give evidence on issues associated with the secondary ticket market by a DCMS review.