A new touring model capitalising on word-of-mouth recommendations indicates that touring is not dead after all. Jo Towler explains…

The Stirling Prize-winning building is described as “a ground-breaking example of how to build a daring bold and highly sust…

How can the arts, and ballet in particular, show that they represent value for money? David Jays compares a trip to the theatre or…

Within the past year the RSC has integrated relaxed performances into its season planning. Jacqui O’Hanlon tells how this ha…

Kazzum stopped creating work for young audiences in indoor spaces to focus on the outdoor arts sector. Daryl Beeton explains why.

The contribution that the cultural sector can make to the planning, design and animation of the public realm and architecture shou…

Festival-going is on the increase, though cinema and reading for pleasure are still the most popular forms of cultural engagement.

Audiences draw limited distinctions between subsidised, commercial and amateur theatre and dance performances, according to new re…

A pioneering collaboration between the city, performers, the MU and local businesses has led to new policy and guidelines aimed at…

New proposals for GCSEs and A levels specify the subject content of arts subject qualifications from 2016.

Jane Greenfield, Director of Home Live Art, shares the details of her career in dance, landscape and heritage, and the benefits of…

Matthew Boswell reports on a symposium organised by Opera North and the University of Leeds and the beginning of a timely new conv…

For readers in the rest of the UK, Christine Hamilton reflects on how the Scottish arts world has responded to the independence re…

NPOs that focus on touring and those working with young people were twice as likely to experience cuts in the latest round of fund…

End of an era for ‘additionality’ as Arts Council England grants major players three-year NPO funding from Lottery, wh…

Visits to museums and galleries soar, while arts engagement remains static across most of England, and charitable donations fall.

Arts Council England’s National Portfolio sees a net loss of 20 organisations in the North but only 9 in London. “Math…

The National Portrait Gallery has previously rejected tobacco money and campaigners are calling on it to be a trailblazer again fo…

London’s major institutions dominate the list of those who met with and entertained England’s Culture Secretary and Cu…

James Allenby describes how a few innovations made the Big Dance Pledge, the international mass participation dance event, bigger…

Jonathan Manners takes us through the career steps that led him to be Chief Executive of the Academy of Ancient Music.

Mila Oshin describes a cross-artform showcase that presents the work of like-minded artists, many of whom have been ‘emergin…

Prime Studios in Windsor is a space for artists to work, interact and display their art. Dan Eastmond explains why he wants it to…

UK membership of the European Union gives cultural organisations access to a wide variety of funds and initiatives. Why are we not…