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 ...

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 ...

A report by Ofsted on music teaching in schools has highlighted the disparity in opportunities between pupils whose families can afford to pay for tuition and those who cannot, noting the issue has ...

After the sponsorship was announced in April 2020, there was an immediate backlash. An open letter written by the UK Student Climate Network warned the museum’s director that it risked huge ...

BATIA OFER will join the Royal Academy Trust as Chair in December. She succeeds Lady ALISON MYNERS, who steps down following five years in the post. SALLY TENNANT, appointed a trustee in May, steps up ...

You may be old enough to remember the TV show Mind Your Language, now considered sexist, stereotyping and racist. It was eventually cancelled with Michael Grade, Director General of London Weekend ...