And so I went to the Drum Theatre, to see the culmination of a mouth-watering project that the Theatre Royal Plymouth has been run…

This article is about the arts sector, but it’s also about arts venues, those supposed crisp and modern chapels of culture that sh…

EU funded projects should come with a health warning, says Matthew Taylor

This may well sound like a London-centric blog posting, but I think it affects all small, independently run music venues across th…

Judging from their new education white paper, the ConDems have discovered yet another front on which to continue their assault on…

I’ve recently taken a job as a theatre technician and sound engineer for a run of panto down in the west country. I was quickly re…

The holiday season can play strange tricks on one’s associative sensibilities. Examples abound: Pine trees + living rooms =…

Now I’m sure we’d all like an early Christmas present of a large gift from a donor or new sponsorship and I read with…

Lecturer, curator and writer Ayla Lepine is an expert in Victorian art and architecture. In this first in my series of interviews…

In this blog I will look to innovative uses of music, whether it is genre-blending collaborations, music as therapy or, in the cas…

Consumer habits are changing; we now increasingly purchase our music, books, clothing, groceries and gadgets online. The days of s…

From the BBC: Could cuts to arts and creativity funding lead to no-frills schools?

It’s an important question, posed in a recent Guardian article, which grabbed my attention as I’m regularly approached…

The insides of prisons have inspired playwrights for generations, you only have to traipse to the Soho Theatre to see a contempora…

Currently working with Travelling Light Theatre Company in Bristol, I am a theatre maker and producer from Somerset. I love the So…

A friend of mine is trying rather hard right now to convince me that David Cameron is a political genius of Disraelian calibre, la…

 I am still reeling from the Cultural Learning Alliance’s Big Link Up event at The British Museum; or more specifically…

 Since the election was called back in April, our sector has been in limbo; not knowing if there will be any money, or if the…

Cuts, cuts, cuts. In this new ‘age of austerity’, that’s all I hear whenever the Arts [sic caps] are mentioned….

In AP228, we published news of research findings suggesting that traditional classical concerts are alienating for younger audienc…

The first set of our exclusive new AP blogs!

Around this time last week, I was working my way across the North West, meeting with a number of RFOs waiting for news from ACE on…

Great to see the Nicks and Neils of this world patting themselves, and ACE, on the back for having protected "front-line&quot…