UK’s oldest cinema reopens with new management
The UK's oldest working cinema has reopened under new management. The Electric in Birmingham, closed for nearly two years due…
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Kaunas begins year as European Capital of Culture
The Lithuanian city of Kaunas marks the start of its year as European Capital of Culture this weekend with an "awe-inspiring&…
Key Theatre saved by Selladoor
Peterborough's Key Theatre has been saved by Selladoor, which operates the local New Theatre. The venue closed earlier this we…
Metro seeks artists to decorate fleet
A "unique opportunity" to create art that will be seen by millions is on offer in North East England. Tyne and Wear Metr…
Dorset offers capital grants for arts and culture
Dorset Council is offering up to £25,000 for cultural redevelopment projects benefitting the local community. The Capital Le…
SWG3 to build £1.5m artist studio
Glasgow event space SWG3 is building a £1.5m artist studio on its premises. The new Yard Works premises will house artists,…
Exclusive: £429m Levelling Up funding goes to culture
One quarter of grants are intended for cultural projects, new data finds, as MPs launch an inquiry into cultural placemaking.
Preston seeks £585k for gallery upgrade
£585,000 is being sought to upgrade The Harris in Preston. Preston City Council plans to ask Arts Council England to part fu…
Knowsley becomes Liverpool’s Borough of Culture
Knowsley has become Liverpool City Region Borough of Culture. Following on from Halton's year with the title, Knowsley will be…
£12m fundraised for Birmingham 2022 festival
Funders have given £12m to secure the future of the Birmingham 2022 festival. The Commonwealth Games cultural event will fea…
Council and cultural sector collaboration
How do local authorities and arts organisations work together to bid for a year-long festival? Liz Dart and Gavin Barlow…
Protests against Thurrock theatre closure continue
More than 4,200 people have signed a petition against proposals by Thurrock Council to close a local arts complex. A second protes…
Huddersfield moots £210m cultural centre revamp
Huddersfield will get a new art gallery, library, event venue and museum under proposals to create a new "cultural heart"…
£16m to redevelop gallery into heritage site
Plans to redevelop Oldham's library and art gallery into a £16m heritage site have been approved. The new attraction wil…
Grants to develop Manchester musicians
Ten creatives will receive £1,000 and development opportunities via Manchester International Festival's MIF Sounds initi…
Shaping a city
Jon Davis explores how Coventry’s history is a map to its artistic and cultural future.
New cultural partnership for Blackpool
Blackpool will establish a new cultural partnership to help the local arts sector recover from Covid-19. Initiatives including a t…
£125k fund secures evicted arts centre’s legacy
Programmes formerly hosted by Stratford Circus Arts Centre have funding until August, but further support is not assured.
Reading opens cultural hub after fundraising £1m
Reading’s first ever producing theatre has opened following a two-year campaign that raised over £1m. Reading Rep Thea…
Yorkshire theatre ambition for new culture committee
There are ambitions for a new youth theatre in West Yorkshire. West Yorkshire’s new Culture, Arts and Creative Industries Co…
LEEDS 2023 announces two international collaborations
Cultural festival LEEDS 2023 is bringing locally-based artists together with international collaborators in two new programmes as…
London taskforce develops a warehouse worth of creative workspaces
A network of more than 60 creative and commercial organisations has been established but plans for a “major creative moment&…
Medway creative sector gets Levelling Up boost
A Medway theatre is one of three local creative sector projects due to share £14.4m in Levelling Up funding. The first tranc…
£10.4m Anglo-Saxon attraction slated for Northumberland
A new visitor attraction representing little-known Anglo-Saxon history will open in Northumberland next autumn. Ad Gefrin will rec…
