Chichester District Council has extended £187,500 of annual grant funding for Chichester Festival Theatre after an economic impact assessment found every £1 of funding resulted in £141 of economic ...

Schools should reduce “middle-class activities” such as museum and theatre trips and remove references to them from exam questions; a government curriculum review will be told. A consultation on the ...

Several Irish parties have included support for the country’s Basic Income for the Arts scheme as part of their manifestos for the upcoming general election on 29 November. Fine Gael, Labour, Sinn ...

English National Opera has announced plans for its future as part of its move to Manchester. The company, which was controversially dropped from Arts Council England’s National Portfolio in November ...

More than £1m has been awarded to support the cultural sector and activities in Bradford as part of efforts to secure a ...

Members of the House of Lords have criticised last month's budget for failing to do enough to support arts and culture, with ...

The Half Moon theatre has appointed BRADLEY TRAVIS as artistic director and LOUISE ALLEN as executive director. The pair will ...

Last week trustees from arts organisations gathered for the flagship annual governance event Governance Now: Imagine it ...

The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD) has announced Dame SHIRLEY BASSEY as its president for the next three years.

The arts and culture sector needs to ’embrace innovation’ to deal with financial pressures caused by reduced income and ...

Birmingham Repertory Theatre has appointed JOE MURPHY as its new artistic director, taking up post in spring 2025. He ...

The Sherborne in Dorset has appointed LIZ GILMORE as its first CEO. She will take up the post at the recently-reopened ...