Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Paisley Museum redevelopment costs increase by a quarter
Renfrewshire Council has added £12.5m to its budget for the redevelopment of Paisley Museum, taking the total to more than £65m. A council report said the project had suffered de…
National Theatre Wales ‘ceases to exist’ as company adopts new model after grant cut
National Theatre Wales (NTW) will no longer exist in its current form following the loss of its core funding from Arts Council Wales (ACW) in 2023, the organisation has said. Speak…
University of Glasgow unveils virtual museum
The University of Glasgow is launching a virtual museum dedicated to scientist Lord Kelvin. The opening concludes celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Kelvin’s birth and form…
Cardiff’s National Museum hit by ‘major flooding’ – again
The National Museum in Cardiff has been hit by flooding again due to recent heavy rain, a hearing of the Welsh Senedd’s culture committee has been told. It was revealed in December…
Citizens Theatre gets further £8m from Holyrood to complete delayed renovation
The Scottish government has stepped in to plug an £8m funding shortfall at Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre. The council-owned theatre in the Gorbals area of the city has been closed fo…
Glasgow council votes in favour of arena music levy
Glasgow council has passed a motion to impose a levy on gigs at the city’s biggest concert venue to support struggling small venues. A motion from the Greens was put before council…
Welsh arts budget rise won’t heal sector’s ‘gaping wound’
Arts organisations in Wales have tentatively welcomed the country’s draft budget for the next financial year as a positive first step for the sector after significant cuts in previ…
Welsh arts get ‘disappointing’ uplift in ‘optimistic budget’
The Welsh government has allocated the culture sector an additional £6m in its draft budget proposal for 2025-2026, following an £11.9m funding cut to the sector last year. The i…
Three quarters of Northern Ireland’s arts funding goes to Belfast
Belfast received almost three times as much arts funding as all the other constituencies in Northern Ireland combined in the last financial year, according to the Belfast Telegraph…
Welsh council offers artists affordable studios to rent
A project run by a town council in Wales has given artists the opportunity to rent affordable studios. Penarth Council’s West House Cottage, disused since the pandemic, has been…
Scottish budget: Huge ‘relief’ that arts and culture funding will rise by £34m
The Scottish government has pledged to make a series of funding increases to the country’s arts and culture sector as part of its draft budget announcement for 2025- 26. Addressi…
Arts Council Wales to receive £1m new funding
That Welsh government has announced that arts and cultural organisations will receive £1m in new funding in this financial year, distributed through the Arts Council of Wales (ACW…
Badenoch lashes out at Labour for settling Kneecap discrimination case
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has defended a controversial decision she took as a minister to withdraw a government arts grant from the Belfast band Kneecap after the gro…
Former theatre chief jailed for embezzeling £75k
A former theatre leader has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting embezzling money from a children’s drama group. The Express reports that David McCann, who goes…
Economic value of creative industries in Wales rises
The economic value of the creative industries in Wales came to £1.52bn in 2023, statistics published by the Welsh government show. The figure represents a rise of 10.6% on the £1…
Edinburgh International Festival ‘facing uncertain future’
The Edinburgh International Festival is facing an “uncertain” future until it receives news on funding, a festival spokesperson has said. The BBC reports that the festival’s public…
Arts Council of Wales shares plan for climate action
Arts Council of Wales (ACW) has published its first plan for climate justice and the arts. The plan sets the vision of arts playing “a key role in inspiring the transformation we…
Welsh National Opera chorus strike postponed again following talks progress
The union representing chorus members of Welsh National Opera (WNO) has said that while they have made enough progress in talks over proposed changes to the singers’ contracts to p…
Edinburgh museum to reopen after ‘passionate feedback’
The People’s Story Museum in Edinburgh will reopen on 2 December after public and political outcry that it had been quietly shuttered due to staff shortages and a recruitment fre…
Millennium Centre launches digital-first performance venue
Wales Millennium Centre (WMC) has unveiled plans for a digital-first performance venue as well as facilities for production, rehearsal and training as part of a broader development…
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