Charity leader and former trustees receive threatening letters
Former trustees and the current chief executive of the Actors’ Benevolent Fund (ABF) have been threatened by poison pen letters….
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Jersey Opera House reopening delayed
Jersey Opera House’s reopening has been delayed until next autumn. Local press has reported around £3m specialist work to repla…
Regent’s Park theatre completes newly structured leadership team
TINUKE CRAIG has been appointed associate artistic director at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, completing the venue’s newly st…
Council to spend over £2m on Curve to repair structural failures
Leicester City Council is undertaking costly repairs on the Curve Theatre after a metal panel came loose and fell from the buildin…
Christmas show cancelled after ceiling collapse
A theatre company that works with adults with learning disabilities has cancelled its festive production after part of its venue c…
NT’s plans to axe school tours ‘damaging’ to working class communities
Over 50 leading figures in theatre have signed a letter expressing “profound concern” to the National Theatre )NT) over its pl…
Anonymous charity steps in to save a theatre
A charity has pledged £750,000 to save a theatre in Berkshire. Campaigners are currently trying to secure the future of Novello T…
New chair for Worthing Theatres and Museum
Worthing Theatres and Museum (WTM) has named YEMISI MOKUOLU its new chair of the board. She succeeds PETER CADWALLADER, who oversa…
Really Useful Group appoints chief operating officer
The Really Useful Group has announced LOUISE HUGHES as its new chief operating officer. Hughes joins from JK Rowling’s entertain…
Theatres Trust director reveals fund regret
Outgoing director of Theatres Trust Jon Morgan has said that being unable to make a case for “serious, targeted public investmen…
New theatre to open in west London
A major new theatre will open in west London next year, it has been announced. The purpose-built 620-seat Capital theatre, a joint…
Stiwdio Clwyd appoints director
SUZANNE BELL has been chosen by Theatr Clwyd to lead Wales’ professional development hub, Stiwdio Clwyd, which supports professi…
How to solve a problem like affordability
Four years ago, Battersea Arts Centre launched a Pay What You Can scheme to widen access to live theatre. Robbie Kings has been ev…
ACE launches grant scheme for theatre and dance tours
Arts Council England (ACE) has launched a new pilot scheme to support and promote the touring ecology in the theatre and dance sec…
New trustees join An Tobar and Mull Theatre
An Tobar and Mull Theatre has announced Dr ALESSANDRO BUCCI and MATTHEW RABAGLIATI as new trustees to join its board. Rabagliati i…
Kwei-Armah calls for urgent action on arts in schools
Outgoing artistic director of the Young Vic, Kwame Kwei-Armah, has warned that diversity in the theatre industry will suffer unles…
Campaigners vow to fight closure of Beck Theatre
Campaigners have said they intend to fight the planned closure of a west London theatre. In a statement released last week, Hillin…
Curve Theatre CEO warns building needs repair
Chris Stafford, CEO of Curve Theatre in Leicester, has warned that the venue, which opened 16 years ago, is in need of investment….
Scottish creative ambition
Scotland’s arts sector has suffered continuing uncertainty in terms of public arts funding this year. Fiona Gibson, chief execut…
Scottish theatre trust calls for urgent funding
A Scottish theatre is calling for urgent funding to secure its future after the mothballing of its council-owned venue. East Lothi…
Concern for youth arts services ahead of budget
A national touring theatre company is warning against potential funding cuts to youth services ahead of the government’s autumn…
ACE partners on business case for Midlands musical theatre centre
Arts Council England (ACE) is partnering with universities, local authorities and cultural organisations in Birmingham to commissi…
Actors take legal action against touring theatre company
Two actors contracted to work with a theatre touring company will be allowed to pursue claims relating to working hours and pay af…
Deafinitely Theatre receives funding for youth theatre programme
Deafinitely Theatre has been awarded £274,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund to help fund its youth theatre programme o…
