Despite an increase in programs to encourage those from lower-income backgrounds to pursue a career in the arts, new figures show the UK creative industries are posher than ever. Tom Armstrong looks to Europe for solutions.
Feature
Continuing our series looking at the role of philanthropy in the arts, Tessitura’s Kate Watson and Rebecca Herberson explore whether a US model of philanthropy might provide a viable alternative funding stream in these straitened times.
Scepticism around AI means some of its benefits are being overlooked, says Jamie Searls, Managing Director of Tileyard Education, where staff are working with technology to enhance music education.
As a cultural battle wages between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestine protesters, Mira Fox asks if art can ever really be as political as its artists.
Arts People
Sir John Soane’s Museum has announced that LETIZIA TREVES and ZOÉ WHITLEY will join its Board of Trustees in July following the departure of NICHOLA JOHNSON and BASIL POSTAN, who will step...
Feature
With increasing demands on the boards of arts organisations—by both funders and the Charity Commission—Helen Keall of Pavilion Dance South West shares her innovative approach to recruiting trustees with the right expertise.
Arts People
Culture Secretary LUCY FRAZER has appointed VICKY BROWNING, ANNA COLLINS, LIAM EVANS-FORD, TRACY-ANN OBERMAN, SARATHA RAJESWARAN and MICHELE TAYLOR as Trustees of the Theatres Trust.
The cohort...
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A week-long planning inquiry has been held into a theatre the local council is claiming has been built without permission.
The 450-seat Arden Theatre was constructed behind the existing Titchfield...
Arts People
Rhiannon Faith is a choreographer who has achieved the rare accolade of being nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance. Here she reflects on her journey from a working-class family to leader of an NPO.
News
A year into the pilot, artists receiving a weekly stipend are spending more time on their practice per week, less time working in other sectors and are suffering less from depression and anxiety.
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Situation prompts debate around appropriate terminology to describe a person's socio-economic background.
News
The FBI is investigating the whereabouts of hundreds of artefacts missing from the British Museum.
Some of the missing ancient gems, jewellery and other items have been traced to the USA. A buyer...
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An arts centre in London has been criticised by a local theatre group after it was told it the rent for space it hires was going up by 42%.
The Haringey Community Press reports that Black Arts...
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Kogan Academy of Dramatic Arts had repeatedly failed to file accounts despite being given an official warning and deadline.
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Rose Bruford College is closing its acting course and campus in Wigan, two years after taking it over following the closure of the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA).
The Stage reports that...
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Senior figures from arts and culture organisations have previously said that government-ordered review of Arts Council England requires sector input to be meaningful.
Arts People
MATTHEW WARCHUS will step down as Artistic Director of The Old Vic theatre in September 2026 after 11 years leading the organisation.
Warchus, who was appointed in 2015, said being Artistic...
Arts People
Shakespeare North Playhouse’s first Chief Executive, MELANIE LEWIS, is to leave the organisation at the end of June.
Lewis, who has been Chief Executive since 2021, is taking on a new...
Arts People
The Young Vic Theatre has announced the appointment of NADIA FALL as its new Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive, effective from January 2025. She succeeds KWAME KWEI-ARMAH who will step...
Arts People
English National Opera (ENO) has appointed JENNY MOLLICA as Chief Executive of ENO and the London Coliseum.
She will take up the role with immediate effect, having been Interim Chief...
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Culture Secretary says that while she has concerns about the state of local authority finances, tax reliefs introduced by government have allowed cultural organisations to 'maximise their economic potential'.
News
Sector leaders call for arts, culture and the creative industries to be central to policy plans of parties contesting the forthcoming general election.
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First Minister John Swinney's decision to axe Scotland's Minister for Culture is causing concern in Edinburgh's festival sector.
The responsibilities of the axed ministerial position...
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Report finds evidence of unsustainable working conditions and a growing pay disparity for parents and carers working in the performing arts.
Opinion
With a Royal garden party for the creative industries coming hot on the heels of cultural leaders’ participation in a trade mission to Saudi Arabia, Steven Hadley reflects on why the sector is happy to give legitimacy to imperialism and oppression.