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Covid has given us a chance to imagine a new kind of future for our theatres, but without big goals we will be hostages to fortune…
Covid has given us a chance to imagine a new kind of future for our theatres, but without big goals we will be hostages to fortune…
Sector leaders have responded with a mixture of relief and gratitude for a Government package that will secure the medium-term fut…
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced a Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund that will “meet the immediate needs”…
A new survey shows audiences are more likely to attend events with seat spacing and scheduled arrival times, but ticket sales rema…
Wider application of the Theatre Tax Relief scheme would allow arts centres to reopen “within weeks”, a coalition of v…
The slump in disabled audiences’ confidence presents a major problem for the arts sector, says Andrew Miller.
Partners say the new date means the cultural showcase “can be reimagined in response to challenges facing the country”…
The Government has dropped parts of a draft plan that would have sidelined ‘non-core’ subjects for up to a year.
Light on resources and heavy on challenges – even before Covid-19 – the cultural sector can nonetheless take small, re…
Despite the blow the lockdown has dealt to its plans, dreams, ambitions and finances, Tomorrow’s Warriors are managing to th…
Delivering arts and health services digitally can extend access for some, but others are excluded. Nesta Lloyd-Jones looks at the…
Oliver Dowden claims to know that “theatres must be full to make money” but his five-stage plan to see performing arts…
A 9-point checklist will guide the safe reopening of museums and galleries, but visitors may still stay away if the services and f…
Although museums and galleries in England and Scotland can prepare to reopen, the performing arts remain in lockdown and fea…
Creating a National Arts Force of freelance and gig economy workers to work in schools, care homes and communities is among recomm…
The Government is encouraging the sector to welcome the public back, but museum directors warn that “permission to reopen do…
Given where we now find ourselves, we have few choices but to pool resources and develop new economic and business structures with…
Communicating re-opening will be much, much harder than closure, says Kate Fielding-Cox, who proposes four key principles that eve…
“Two pigeons in the foyer, a baby seagull falling off the roof and the lager kegs exploding in the heat”: Elspeth McBa…
“Radical, representative reinvention” is the only moral choice for the sector now, says Richard Watts, who examines wh…
Two-thirds of organisations and almost three quarters of individuals who applied to Arts Council England for emergency funds were…
Lockdown is transforming the way music teachers deliver instrument tuition now and in the future, with 87% currently adapting thei…
As we emerge from the chaos of the pandemic let’s focus on where we want to go, but remember there’s no single way to…
Outdoor Arts producers and artists are experienced at turning the most unpromising setting into a performance space, and their bac…