Protecting jobs, promoting good practice
Steven Warner and Stephanie Cesana give a trade union’s perspective on the role of volunteers in arts organisations
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Free is a magic number?
Tim Baker argues that giving something away can seriously undermine its value in the eyes of potential customers
A farewell dance
Leading dance artists from The Place’s ‘Work Place’ scheme will be showcasing contemporary dance practices at th…
No more excuses
The rationale for making environmental sustainability a strategic priority, and the resources to help do it, are all available now…
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…
Dancing in the Aisles
What should the usher do when the audience wants to get up and dance? Ian Lambert considers the dilemma.
Taking Youth Dance seriously
I’ve recently had the pleasure of attending and reporting on a number of youth dance showcases, including Dance Futures at t…
BP ballet protest
Three ballet dancers have mounted a dance protest to draw attention to BP’s controversial investment in the Canadian tar san…
Richer than you think
Iceland
NPO Applicants whose applications were reviewed
Applications by the following organisations to be included in Arts Council England’s (ACE) National Portfolio of regularly f…
Michael Kaiser in Manchester
Michael Kaiser, admiringly known by some as the “ turn around King” following his ground breaking fundraising at the R…
Music to their ears
Catching them young and teaching them to listen is the way to get kids interested in music, believes Richard Gill
Lottery prize contenders
Ten semi-finalists have been shortlisted in the Best Arts Project category of The National Lottery Awards 2011, nominated for &ldq…
Project funding undermines outreach
An investigation into the extent to which museums and galleries are engaged in their communities has provoked a call for a fundame…
Can the Place Prize get it right?
It seems the Place Prize just can’t get it right. In 2008, then Theatre Director John Ashford named the young choreographer…
A universal language
Katherine Darton talks to Bill Brookman about his work using the arts in conflict zones.
Gulbenkian award reaches final stages
Proposals from six producing companies have been shortlisted, from 62 bids, for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s new &po…
ENO wins Audience Development Award
English National Opera (ENO) has been awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) award for Audience Development 2011 in recognit…
Manifesto for opera in Scotland
The Musicians’ Union (MU) is calling for the development of a national strategy for opera provision in Scotland and has laun…
Festival time in Wales
Eleven of Wales’s arts festivals are to share over £500,000 of Lottery funding to enable them to “showcase cultu…
RPS Awards announced
The 2011 Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Awards recognised the achievements of the government-funded Sing Up programme with…
What next for Scottish arts?
Anne Bonnar looks at what each of the main parties is promising for Scotland’s arts after the election
Bridging the gap
£10m a year is being earmarked from Arts Council England’s (ACE) predicted Lottery funds for 14 organisations across E…
Olivier winners
The winners of this year’s Olivier Awards revealed some surprises: OperaUpClose’s debut production of ‘La Boh&eg…
