Report slams ‘mythical barriers’ to programming diverse work
Analysis of a 14-week theatre tour by a black-led NPO finds large and diverse audiences, high ticket sales and positive reviews.
Analysis of a 14-week theatre tour by a black-led NPO finds large and diverse audiences, high ticket sales and positive reviews.
It is exciting to explore and own the biases that we impart to audiences, argues Bea Udeh.
A new survey finds that 43% of women with caring responsibilities would increase their working hours if “adequate” chi…
A new report urges arts organisations to focus on skills rather than formal qualifications when recruiting staff, and to offer mor…
A Leeds-based collective has named a lack of accessible toilets, snobbish staff and ‘mega-expensive’ coffee among cont…
By taking a robust approach to understanding the social class make-up of the workforce, the cultural sector can address entrenched…
New funding aims to bring disabled artists into the mainstream of European dance and theatre, and build a network committed to pre…
Incoming Executive Director Erin Gavaghan believes the sector still has work to do on changing traditional working structures to m…
The first evidence session of a parliamentary inquiry has been accompanied by the release of 235 pieces of written evidence.
The scheme, which offers free theatre tickets to young Black people, is hoping to expand following two successful crowdfunding cam…
A group of actors with Down’s Syndrome travelled to Lesotho in southern Africa to help change attitudes to people with learn…
You may think Debbie Geraghty should be celebrating the current diversity debate, so why isn’t she?
To improve the diversity of the workforce, arts organisations need to employ more young people from low-income backgrounds. Kate D…
The rise of women chief executives has been concentrated in the smallest of arts organisations, an examination of England’s…
A hundred years after (some) women got the vote, they are still under-represented in creative and management positions in the arts…
A survey by the ISM has found that 60% of musicians have been harassed at work, of whom around three quarters were self-employed a…
Craft is the only artform to come close to accurately representing working class communities across the UK, new research finds.
Representatives of Music Venue Trust and the Association of British Orchestras react to UK Music’s provocative call for…
The gender pay gap is smaller in the arts than other sectors, although some organisations are still trailing behind including &lsq…
A free support line for performing arts workers concerned about workplace harassment or bullying will be set up for a year, funded…
Nick Wesson explains how working with a disabled-led theatre company helped ARC Stockton achieve long-term sustainable change.
Neil Beddow explains how acta in Bristol overcomes the challenges of engaging migrant and refugee communities in theatre making.&n…
The first organisations to meet the government’s new reporting requirements include Arts Council England, the National Galle…
Organisations and venues will be expected to adopt and follow robust policies and procedures on tackling inappropriate behaviour a…