Breaking down class barriers
Performing arts students from working class backgrounds face considerable barriers to entering the theatre profession. Andrew Muir…
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NI schools funded to work with professional artists
Eleven schools in Northern Ireland will each receive funding to hire professional artists. £15,000 has been awarded by the C…
‘Seismic’ shift towards digital music learning
ABRSM has reported a "seismic" shift towards digital music learning. 64% of children use digital resources to make music…
Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan leans into wellbeing
Children’s mental health will be a “very high priority” under a new blueprint for cross-curriculum creativity.
Gallery partnership to address youth violence
A new gallery at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds will take "a unique public health led approach to tackle the underl…
Training programme offers ‘alternative pathway into theatre’
A new two-year training programme will offer a “genuine alternative pathway into theatre” for people from underre…
Yorkshire theatre ambition for new culture committee
There are ambitions for a new youth theatre in West Yorkshire. West Yorkshire’s new Culture, Arts and Creative Industries Co…
Harnessing the power of young people
All arts organisations speak about the need to engage the next generation in culture. Sarah Kaye and Robert Dingle refle…
£1.9m to transform 500 primary school libraries
New investment into the World of Stories programme will target seven areas highlighted as Arts Council England priority places.
Arts centre trustees signed gagging order under threat of eviction
The council, which owns the building, says it was "not required to consult, nor did consult" on the removal.
Former ballet principal jailed for sexual assaults
Yat-Sen Chang, a former principal dancer at English National Ballet, has been sentenced to nine years' imprisonment for sexual…
ArtsEd admits sexualised culture worsened by ‘failure in leadership’
Principal Chris Hocking has resigned so the drama school can show "how serious we are about transforming our culture" th…
Thousands support art funds for young people petition
A petition urging the Government to keep manifesto promises around arts funding for young people has received more than 20,000 sig…
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory stops production
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory has announced it will stop producing plays after 21 years. Sited at Bristol's Tobacco…
ACE invests £2.78m in cross-curriculum creativity
Eight school networks will develop creativity to inspire long term curriculum change – but not necessarily in arts subjects.
Where are the young people on arts boards?
Ten years ago, while most 21-year-olds were exploring their freedom, Toks Dada was spending his evenings and weekends reading comp…
Volunteer run museum is the UK’s most family friendly
Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery, a small volunteer-run museum in Alnwick, has been named the UK's most family friendly….
BAME students struggle to find creative role models
Two-thirds of Black, Asian and minority ethnic students struggle to find inspirational creative role models. Research co…
Strategy will make Peterborough a ‘cultural hotspot’
The city must address a “cultural deficit” among its youth, consultation finds, as it eyes a bid for UK City of Cultur…
Scotland hires freelancers as arts tutors
Up to 50 freelancers will be employed as arts tutors in some of Scotland's most remote and culturally distinctive communities….
£270m arts premium for schools on hold
The quiet suspension of the election pledge is "sadly another example of the disregard shown by the Department for Education…
Guildhall School gets scholarship boost
London’s Guildhall School of Music & Drama has been awarded £637,000 to distribute as scholarships over the n…
Sensory and inclusive theatre
All cultural organisations are concerned with making their work more accessible. A new report by Maria Varvarigou on sensory and i…
Trafalgar Entertainment extends its empire
Trafalgar Entertainment has acquired Helen O'Grady Drama Academy, extending its empire further into children's drama. Traf…
