Fairer funding call by regional theatres
Receiving venues are lobbying MPs to intervene for a fairer share of Lottery funding in the regions.
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Job Ladder
Mary Swan, Artistic Director & Chief Executive of Proteus Theatre Company, explains her career so far.
Playing with Shakespeare
Playful interaction is at the heart of all Globe Education’s digital activities for school-aged children, writes Patrick Spo…
Arts accreditation in schools
How can accreditation add value to creative work with young people? Alice Young discusses Arts Award, the qualification for the ar…
My Gurus
Lisa Marie Trump, Chief Executive for the UK Centre for Carnival Arts, on who has inspired her most in her career.
RSC celebrates record year
The Royal Shakespeare Company saw a 75% rise in box office receipts in 2012/13, despite a £0.8m cut in public subsidy.
My Gurus
Katherine Senior, touring theatre company co-founder and actress, names those who have inspired her most.
Theatre-goers are fewer but more active than previously thought
Nearly a quarter of UK ticket revenues are generated by just 2.5% of customers, and over 2m so-called theatre attenders have lapse…
US private equity firm to acquire Ambassadors
Providence Equity Partners is set to become the majority shareholder in ATG following a multi-million pound deal which sees co-fou…
BBC launches The Space Prize
The BBC is to create a new award for digital innovation in theatres.
Bike Shed wins the public vote in this year’s TMA awards
Awards for off-stage excellence and for the Most Welcoming Theatre have been presented at the TMA 2013 UK Theatre Awards.
Plan your auto enrolment
The Pensions Regulator recognises that the arts and entertainment industry faces particular challenges with pensions auto-enrolmen…
My Gurus
Jamie Eastman, Director of Live at LICA, tells us who has inspired him most throughout his career.
Job Ladder
James Brining charts the career path that led him to the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Bringing it all back home
Chris Bannerman tells how he reluctantly became a key driver in a complex collaboration involving choreographers, dancers and…
Ten point best practice model for Relaxed Theatre performances
Theatres are opening their doors to more child-friendly performances suitable for children with autism, following a successful nat…
Ambassador Theatre Group to pilot new graduate scheme
The UK’s largest theatre owner and operator, the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), has announced a graduate scheme to train th…
Not out of Africa
Working in partnership with a Ugandan arts organisation has been a fraught experience (an understatement) for Blackpool’s Tr…
Battle goes on to preserve theatre buildings
Four theatres have been lost and there are ten new additions to the ‘Theatre Buildings at Risk’ register since last ye…
Award will honour most welcoming theatre
The award for the UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre – one of the categories in the Theatrical Management Association (TMA) U…
Financial pressures place London’s small theatres at risk
A need for renovation is seen as the biggest medium-term threat, but fears are growing that rising property values will lead landl…
My Gurus
Outgoing Polka Theatre Artistic Director Jonathan Lloyd tells us who and what has inspired him throughout his career.
Tapping into black talent
Michael Buffong set up Talawa Firsts when he spotted the shortage of black theatre producers, directors and writers in the UK.
Quality captioning
Captioning theatre performances may be logistically demanding but a small touring company has just managed it − and so can o…
