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Security guards working at the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum are being balloted on strike action for a pay rise to £16 an hour.
Arts People
Central School of Ballet has announced CHARLOTTE TALBOT as its new Chair. She will take up her post in October.
Talbot has served on the board since 2012, most recently as Deputy Chair. She...
Arts People
Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced that EMMA SMITH will join its board.
Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, Oxford, Smith is also the author of several...
Arts People
Mind the Gap has announced its Executive Director, JULIA SKELTON, and Artistic Director, JOYCE NGA YU LEE, will both step down as the learning disability performance and arts...
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Merseyside community arts organisation Heart of Glass has appointed TRACY GENTLES as its new Chair.
Gentles will take up post later this year, succeeding JOANNE ROWLANDS, who steps down...
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Sir MARK GRUNDY has been appointed to the board of City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), and current trustees JANE FIELDING and GURPREET BHATIA have been made Deputy...
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The Burton at Bideford Art Gallery & Museum has appointed HARRIET COOPER as Director. She will join the North Devon National Portfolio Organisation from later this month.
Cooper’s...
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DanceEast has been awarded £50,159 from the Jerwood Foundation towards its commissioning programme over an 18-month period.
The funding will support the creation of two new pieces at the...
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Sinfonia Cymru has appointed the violinist HAIM CHOI as its new orchestral leader.
The 28-year-old, who is part of the award-winning Salomé Quartet, has been performing with Sinfonia Cymru for...
Labour’s manifesto pledge to 'help our touring artists' in the EU sparked hope in the music industry. But, as Rachel Healy writes, Keir Starmer may find the EU is not prepared to consider many of the necessary changes.
Arts and humanities research is sometimes controversial but, if we want to build a better future, we need to change narratives that attack 'woke' studies, writes the AHRC's Christopher Smith.
After a summer of sport, Richard Morrison asks why being 'elite' has positive connotations on the field but is seen as exclusionary in the arts.
The National Theatre isn't presenting enough work, according to playwright David Hare who wonders whether rep will return to the South Bank under a Labour government.
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner returned to conducting earlier this year after he assaulted a soloist at a concert in August 2023, which led to him parting ways with Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras.
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Anyone involved in marketing, or creating websites or digital products will know the phrase ‘You are not your customer’. Katie Moffatt shares how user-centred research can help you avoid making assumptions.
In a recent study, a team of researchers in Australia found arts organisations need to take risks to reach audiences beyond those that are white, middle-aged and middle-class.
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An Equity-spearheaded campaign to ban casting directors from charging performers upfront fees has received backing from the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
The support, confirmed at the annual TUC...
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Attitude is Everything has previously established a Live Events Access Charter to support venues and events to improve accessibility.
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A council report has warned that plans to revamp Hereford Museum and Art Gallery could cost £21.8m instead of the £19.2m budgeted, partly due to the unexpected discovery of asbestos...
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An open letter to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has also renewed appeals for the appointment of a Freelancer Commissioner.
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The Mayor of London and the City of London have committed an additional £25m each toward the renovation costs of old market buildings in Smithfield, which will house the new London Museum,...
Arts People
Last month Mark Langley began his new role as Principal of The Scottish Institute of Theatre, Dance, Film and Television. Here he recounts his journey from ardent opera fan to conservatoire leader.
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Members of the 30-strong chorus have joined their colleagues in the WNO orchestra in voting for industrial action over proposed pay cuts and contract changes.
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Nottingham City Council is considering operating its museums and galleries under a charitable trust model.
Commissioners were appointed in February to assess how the council should run its museums...
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The Welsh government has announced a £5m package of additional funding for arm's length arts and sports organisations in Wales.