When I started exploring the funding landscape for theatre it was immediately obvious that Theatre Tax Relief (TTR), introduced by government to support the creation of theatrical productions – from ...

Joseph Nye, the American political scientist and author of the book ‘Soft Power’, outlined that one of the three key parts to a nation’s soft power is its culture: how it presents itself and is ...

Being part of the community in Stratford, East London, was always a key aspiration for Sadler’s Wells. And it wanted its new building – Sadler’s Wells East – to play a crucial role in the economic ...

The Cabinet Office has been criticised for a lack of “oversight” on how government departments, including the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), maintain their heritage ...

The Royal Court Theatre has set aside more than £900,000 to a fund that supports its right to “artistically fail”, its most recent accounts reveal. The Sloane Square theatre, known for championing new ...

Plans to restore parts of the former Spode Works in Stoke-on-Trent have suffered a setback after two bids to Arts Council England’s Creative Foundations Fund (CFF) were unsuccessful. Stoke-on-Trent ...

The director of Art Fund has joined the board of theatre company Fuel. JENNY WALDMAN CBE, who heads up a charity connecting UK aud… ...

Arts Professional is delighted to share its latest Pulse research into the arts and culture sector conducted in partnership with our parent company, arts consultancy Baker Richards. This latest report ...

Revelations about abuses of power by high-profile individuals working in arts, culture and entertainment have triggered a watershed moment in relation to workplace sexual harassment. Allegations of ...

Periodically, Arts Professional undertakes Pulse research to gather important data about the arts and culture sector. This latest Pulse research – ArtsPay 2022 – comes at an important moment. Unlike ...

Local theatres are increasingly “playing safe” with their programming, resulting in more one-night events, fewer week-long runs and a significant drop in opera, ballet and contemporary dance, the ...

Drama Centre London (DCL), part of Central St Martins (CSM) college, is to close following an investigation into the death of a student and concerns about the conservatoire’s “course culture and ...