Activist Doug Paulley gained access to an email from National Youth Theatre Director Paul Roseby highlighting concerns about the play’s “one dimensional tone and opinion” and “extremist agenda”.
Over 229,000 tickets were sold as part of the scheme offering a free theatre ticket to a child accompanied by a paying adult, up 30% on the previous year.
According to pressure group The Taxpayers Alliance, the vast majority of the £3.5bn art collection owned by the Government and local authorities is not on display to the public.
A £60k cinema and arts space, The Vale, has opened in Greater Manchester’s Mossley, offering residents a programme of film, craft, music and carnival, as well as hot desking and meeting facilities.
The Labour leadership candidate has outlined his national strategy for the arts, which includes reversing arts cuts, introducing minimum fees for performances and exhibitions and setting up a cabinet committee on the arts.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) are celebrating a record year, with just under 2.3 million tickets issued for Fringe events – an increase of 5% on 2014 – and a 19% increase in ticket sales for EIF leading to a £3.8m turnover.
The society of songwriters, composers and music publishers has decided to take legal action against the streaming service for not paying royalties after “five years of unsuccessful negotiations”.
UK organisations listed as non-profit on Facebook can now add a ‘donate now’ button to their pages and to paid-for adverts. The button redirects users to a web page of the charity’s choice.
Following a review of the literature and publishing sector, Creative Scotland is supporting new schemes to promote Scottish writers internationally and to develop young writers.
The 400-seat Tower Arts Centre and Digital Academy in Helensburgh will stage performances, exhibitions and show films, as well as offering digital skills training.
Two art thieves who brazenly stole a sculpture from the Copenhagen museum Glypoteket had visited a week earlier to loosen the bust from its base and disable the alarm.
