Equity general secretary Paul W Fleming has called on Andy Burnham’s new government to take the arts seriously and recognise them as a "critical economic sector".
Talawa Theatre Company has appointed six new trustees as part of a leadership refresh for the organisation’s 40th anniversary, including leading AI strategist Kojo Apeagyei
Hope Mill Theatre has launched a £60,000 fundraising campaign to complete its community hub after ‘knockbacks’ from grant funding applications impeded the project’s progress
Playwriting is ‘so overlooked’ in arts education that existing opportunities are becoming ‘increasingly oversubscribed’, Papatango’s Chris Foxon has warned
Marcus Davey, previously the chief executive and artistic director of the Roundhouse in London, has been made a peer in the House of Lords by outgoing prime minister Keir Starmer
Bird Conservatoire principal Christopher Costigan has said he has a different approach to leading the organisation to those before him and insisted that changes are not about “plastering over historic issues”
Northern Ballet Sinfonia and the Musicians’ Union have negotiated a new collective agreement to put terms and conditions back in place for freelance musicians working with the company
Andrew Lloyd Webber has called for the theatre industry to come together and address the ‘crisis’ facing Broadway, warning New York is at risk of seeing ‘increasingly dark theatres’
