Taking stock
A fundraising audit can help unlock your organisation’s potential. Wendy Smithers explains exactly how to conduct one.
A fundraising audit can help unlock your organisation’s potential. Wendy Smithers explains exactly how to conduct one.
In despair at the lack of an adequate plan for tackling climate change, Peter Gingold urges the arts sector to ask the difficult q…
Festival management expert Dr. Louise Platt isn’t afraid of posting a dog pic or two – and you shouldn't be either…
For Susan Miller, an MA in Fine Art has been a real opportunity to confront the vulnerability artists feel when exhibiting their w…
What do audiences for Shakespeare look like today? As theatres prepare to mark the 400th anniversary of the bard’s death, Th…
70 years after public money was first put towards increasing the accessibility of the arts, Steven Hadley asks if it’s a nev…
We accept income as a strong predictor of cultural taste. But why should this be, asks sociologist Aaron Reeves. And does tas…
Festivals may no longer benefit from regular funding streams, but Owen McNeir is optimistic that they can still thrive on a mixed-…
Rachel Grunwald flinches every times she hears someone – including herself – use terms such as ‘cultural offer&r…
How many theatres offer audio description services to blind and partially sighted people? Matthew Cock carried out some research a…
The arts needs to lose a sense of purity and develop a start up attitude, argues festival director Briana Pegado.
Tech and data-savvy millennials are ideal employees for arts organisations, but how can we make the sector attractive enough to re…
Is ‘live art’ the perfect medium for intergenerational arts projects? Liz O’Neill explains how children can help…
Angered about how few young people with learning disabilities are involved in the arts, Richard Hayhow urges the sector to open it…
Make full use of the senses – even those you don't have: Deafinitely Theatre’s Paula Garfield explains how to crea…
Touring companies have trailed behind venues in their access to meaningful audience data, but new insight tools are now benefiting…
How do we best manage an economy in which many people don’t have a salaried job? Michelle Wright discusses the move away fro…
From an all-male ‘CarMen’ to a gay-themed Tosca, Robin Pietà reveals how Secret Opera is helping opera to shed its st…
What draws people to a craft that has remained unchanged since the 1800s?
Dance offers older people many physical and social benefits, but performing to an audience makes the greatest impact on wellbeing,…
The arts and health may have been officially coupled with the launch of a new evaluation framework, but will they ever be comforta…
Young actress Keisha Atwell reflects on her career so far, calling for the same opportunities to be given to all BME performers.&n…
London Classic Theatre’s Michael Cabot shares his tips for those hoping to hit the road.
How can arts organisations present their offer more effectively to public service commissioners? Five pilot consortia have been wo…