Where others fear to tread
A collaboration between big business and youth theatre is helping to regenerate one of the most deprived areas of the UK. Stuart M…
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Sting supports Sage
A £1.5m project is set to transform the arches behind The Sage Gateshead into a creative training centre for some of the Nor…
Bridging the gap
Steve Moffitt reflects on the role of cultural education in the curriculum, in anticipation of the forthcoming Henley Review
Tripping the Light Fantastic
Clare Hearn tells of the logistics of managing an annual event involving naked flames, small children and an un-ticketed audience…
Rambert starts to build
Building work has begun on a new home for Rambert, England’s national company for contemporary dance, on London’s Sout…
More than a hobby
Robin Simpson explains how research findings are helping to develop a true understanding of the impact of grassroots, amateur arts…
Starting young
Environmental awareness is at the heart of the primary curriculum in schools. Ross Harvie explains how Proteus Theatre responded t…
Trusting in young people
Kofi Kramo has found that trusteeship is a great way for arts charities and younger people to have a mutually rewarding experience
The poverty trap
Roma Backhouse fears that funding cuts will ultimately spell the end of efforts to unite London’s disaffected youth with potenti…
Gillian Hambleton shares the route she took to her current role
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Northumberland Theatre Company (1990–present) Touring productions of anything from Dickens and Moliè…
Dance agency proves its worth
Youth Dance England (YDE), whose existence beyond August 2012 is under threat since its omission from Arts Council England’s…
Wendy Harris reveals the people who have inspired her most
Kate Rowland Kate gave me my first job at the Everyman Theatre Liverpool, helping to run its youth theatre. Then the Everyman was…
Give youth a chance
Bristol Old Vic Young Company blew my mind away last night. Partly this was because of their performance, and partly because it ma…
The truth about youth
This summer I was working on a project at The Royal Exchange Theatre, which was part of its two year Truth about Youth programme….
A cultural entitlement
Jeremy Newton argues that arts education should not be left by the wayside as the curriculum is overhauled
Making it ‘stick’
Chris Thompson on embodied learning and effective education
Get recognition
Alice Young thinks that young people want to take part, want to learn and demand excellent delivery
School ties
Fran King and Anne-Marie Clark on an education project in Plymouth that aims to demystify theatre
Game on
Robert Marsden on one theatre company’s work to combat extremism and foster community
Fun and Games
Steve Moffitt on an arts education project working to engage young people with the Olympic Games
New structure for Youth Music
Youth Music will be operating a new funding model from November, following the publication of the National Plan for Music Educatio…
Starting young
New evidence has confirmed the vital influence that attending and participating in the arts during childhood plays in adult involv…
World stage for Shakespeare Festival
Arts organisations across the world to join forces in the 2012 celebrations
Dance UK challenges Willetts
Caroline Miller responds to David Willetts’ comments about A-level dance
