
Supporting freelancers would be ‘relatively cheap’
A year's worth of income support payments for arts sector freelancers would cost an estimated £880m – less than 1%…
A year's worth of income support payments for arts sector freelancers would cost an estimated £880m – less than 1%…
Louise Blackwell says creative practitioners have been at the forefront of place-based recovery. Their strategy? Come together, li…
Staging a Christmas show was a challenge that tested everyone’s limits. Joanna Read reflects on the year, from Covid to Chri…
Trusts and companies operating council venues are folding under financial pressure. Can cash-strapped local authorities retai…
The Music Venue Trust is in discussions with the Government and other partners about a series of highly Covid-secure events in Lon…
A Supreme Court decision has opened the door for thousands of arts and entertainment companies to claim business interruption insu…
A recent Creative Scotland survey suggests audiences are unlikely to return to pre-Covid levels until the population has been…
Drama schools are being urged to axe "absurd" fees for virtual and self-taped auditions to protect diversity in the thea…
With plans to resume activity at a standstill, freelancers face an uphill climb that could scar the theatre industry.
A new international report calls for financial support as the timeline for reopening museums lengthens.
A £650m Government-backed insurance scheme could salvage £2bn worth of activity, the sector argues.
Movie scores and video game soundtracks are broadening the genre's appeal, attracting a new generation of fans who are more li…
Slung Low’s Alan Lane, disability champion Andrew Miller and Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Moira Sinclair are among those r…
London’s cultural and commercial sectors have always had a symbiotic relationship, writes Tony Matharu. Fostering those link…
The pandemic presents a unique set of challenges. But turning obstacles into opportunities is what circus does best, write Billy A…
In a time of great uncertainty, understanding audience attitudes and behaviours make the future a little more predictable, writes…
100 or fewer organisations will benefit from the next round of England's Culture Recovery Fund repayable finance.
As we say good riddance to 2020, Liz Hill takes a glass-half-full look at progress in the cultural sector this year, and what the…
"This is clear evidence of the existence and the scale of a jobs crisis," researchers say.
A further £400m of Culture Recovery Fund grants and loans has been earmarked for extending another "helping hand&q…
Lucy Askew explores the possibilities behind a digital theatre platform that puts first things first, and the digital repertory co…
Music teachers are putting their health at risk to continue provision under inconsistent and unclear Covid safety guidelines.
Tate becomes the latest institution to announce redundancies as the sector and its workforce warn of a years-long road to recovery…
Technology has been working miracles delivering live performance online. Jonathan Vaughan asked Julian Hepple about the magic &nda…