AgeQuake / ArtsQuake
Our average age is increasing. Sherry de Wynter calls the arts and cultural sector into action and reveals the intergenerational p…
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Feminine mystique
Magic Me brings together women of all ages and backgrounds to create art. Sue Mayo explains Where the Heart is
Food for thought
Recipes for Life is helping primary school children and over 55s in West Yorkshire bond over food. Judi Alston explains
Experience shared
This year the RSC will tour King Lear to schools and theatres. Miles Tandy explains how the Young People’s Shakespeare programme…
Sharing the joy of discovery
Andrew Ormston reflects on scientists’ appetite for collaborations with artists
A moving experience
‘Wellbeing’ is the newest buzzword in the arts, and arts charity Salamander Tandem is proving that a programme of movement can…
Peer power leads the way
Clare Cooper sees peer learning and network leadership as the DNA of ‘systems change’
Preparing for the worst
In most organisations the formal grievance process never gets tested. Gill Thewlis warns that, when it is, the impact can be quite…
Dancing for cash
Mark Skipper describes the development of a fundraising campaign that is securing Northern Ballet’s full complement of dancers i…
Spreading ‘sciart’
Andrew Ormston explains how hand-in-hand scientists and artists are colonising new, barren land. Just like fungi and algae
Reinventing touring
A group of programmers and producers based in the South East is developing a more generous, collaborative model for touring theatr…
On the road and on the radar
Arts Council England is making a new funding commitment to touring: Jodi Myers is hoping that this will deliver what the sector re…
Marriage guidance for the arts
Rachel Escott looks at the benefits of marketing collaborations for touring productions
No more blind data
Jane Donald and Sam Stone explain how the RSNO is meeting the challenge of understanding its geographically disparate audience bas…
Added value catering
Catering has the potential to provide a healthy income stream and enhance the wider visitor experience, but it needs to be well ex…
Catering for all audiences
Rob Fredrickson explains the challenges the Royal Shakespeare Company faced in bringing its food and beverage operation in house �…
With a wink and a smile
Kate Hall describes the maxims that get her through the challenges of site-specific theatre
Under the radar
From aircraft hangers to potting sheds, Eastern Angles has toured to all sorts of unexpected, rural venues. Ivan Cutting tracks th…
Ask the right questions
Esther Ferry-Kennington calls for a more strategic approach to audience data collection and interpretation
Breaking bread
Natalie Wilson outlines a new schools touring strategy based on collaboration
Expanding horizons
Hayward Touring takes work by hot contemporary artists into the UK’s cultural ‘cold spots’. Roger Malbert explains what goes…
Inspired by Ireland
Anna Franks celebrates the art of an ‘invisible’ white minority
High-performance dancing
Daniel Topolski sees many parallels between the challenges facing sports coaches and dance leaders
Valuing investors
Geoff Burnand and Margaret Bolton explain why the arts sector is of interest to mainstream investors
