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…
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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…
Great Place Greater Manchester
Julie McCarthy reflects on three years of action research into the role of culture in shaping the lives of the people of Greater M…
Camden music venue to reopen in Spring
North London music venue KOKO is set to reopen next Spring following a £70m redevelopment. Originally closed in 2019, the ve…
Manchester’s Factory to open in 2023 after delays
The £186m arts complex continues to make a “strong strategic case” with a revised business case and new training…
London to repurpose Royal Docks as cultural quarter
London’s Royal Docks is set to become ‘London’s cultural engine’ under plans to repurpose the space a…
Citizen’s assembly invites input on arts in placemaking
A citizen's assembly on the role of arts and culture – the first of its kind anywhere in the world – has begun. A new website…
City of Culture 2025 a ‘springboard’ regardless of longlist
The challenge now for some of the latecomers will be completing years' worth of planning in weeks.
Strategy will make Peterborough a ‘cultural hotspot’
The city must address a “cultural deficit” among its youth, consultation finds, as it eyes a bid for UK City of Cultur…
Curatorial scheme to tackle social mobility in visual arts
The pilot programme will “challenge accepted barriers” in one of the sector’s least inclusive professions.
UK’s first public artwork honouring Windrush generation unveiled
Three marble and bronze scupltures of Caribbean produce have become the first public artwork in the UK celebrating the Windrush ge…
Council criticised over mixed messages on theatre sale
A £191,000 Culture Recovery Fund grant was meant to help the theatre reopen and reach new audiences. Now, locals can't g…
Citizens’ assembly to shape culture in Coventry
Art for the People, believed to be the first citizen's assembly for arts and culture, will decide on projects for the Cit…
New culture strategy for North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire Council has appointed creative consultants Beam to determine its new culture and heritage strategy. T…
Birmingham 2022 releases festival details
Birmingham 2022 has released details of the six-month festival set to run across the West Midlands as part of the Commonwealth Gam…
Deprived areas benefit most from culture
New research indicates cultural engagement improves wellbeing in England’s poorest areas the most, but unequal access remain…
West Yorkshire moots ‘Town of Culture’ award
A 'Town of Culture' competition could be heading to West Yorkshire as early as 2023 under the area's economic recovery…
British Museum plans new gallery in Shropshire
A 'partnership gallery' at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery will open in 2024, the British Museum has announced. The mu…
Sheffield ‘starved’ of arts funding
Sheffield receives less arts funding than Manchester despite having a larger population. Analysis by The Star found that…
Crewe Lyceum celebrates 110 years
Crewe Lyceum has reopened as it celebrates its 110th birthday. It enjoyed a busy reopening last weekend, welcoming visitors for th…
