Audience development agency to close after Creative Scotland cuts
15 employees will be affected by the closure of Culture Republic, following the loss of its annual funding from Creative Scotland.
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Green light for artistic quality measurement scheme
Counting What Counts Ltd has won the £2.3m contract to deliver the quality measurement system that England’s larger ar…
Attracting audiences other artforms cannot reach
How do outdoor arts have the potential to reach audiences other artforms can’t, and how can we best support the sector, asks…
Dancing in the streets
Losing NPO funding was devastating for Dance Manchester, but it has liberated the company to pursue its own path driving placemaki…
Only fools and dreamers
Setting up a new theatre in a former bus depot with no funding was a leap of faith for its two founders. Peter Tate and Anthony Bi…
Midsummer tasters
For people reluctant to pay to see a full-length Shakespeare play, the RSC’s open-air, non-ticketed theatre staging amateur…
Performing in the public realm
Alison Fordham explains how IF: Milton Keynes International Festival’s programme of outdoor events is a key audience develop…
Creating a cultural landscape
Partnering with Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty has created opportunities for Activate to bring exciting contemporary art…
A coastline for cultural tourists
Outdoor events have been key to attracting tourists to Kent’s coastal towns and driving culture-led regeneration, says Sarah…
Out and about in Leicester
A research project examining Leicester’s 24 arts festivals uncovered interesting insights into audience behaviour and prefer…
Falling in love with data
Decision-making can include hard evidence, so how can we best help arts professionals to embrace the data that provides it, asks P…
Wearing new shoes
What would you discover if you played the role of a new visitor to your venue? Lisa Baxter explains the value of customer journey…
Empowering the box office
Changing the role of the box office at Vancouver’s summer Shakespeare festival from an operational one to a marketing one re…
New attitudes to music-making
Has music become too pigeon-holed into distinct genres? Tony Haynes asks how we can truly promote cultural diversity when the oppo…
The added value of pop-up box offices
Hull Truck Theatre’s pop-up box offices in local supermarkets sell tickets to new audiences and also create valuable communi…
Connecting a diverse programme with diverse audiences
Bespoke segmentation modelling helps Sadler’s Wells talk to its audiences with personalised precision across venues and genr…
From institution to inclusion
Why would a cultural venue install a swimming pool? Alexia Jacques Casanova charts the evolution of inclusive and participatory pr…
Building a grassroots touring circuit
Presenting theatre in pubs and social clubs can help breathe life into communities and engage non-arts audiences. Rod Dixon explai…
A successful move
Open House arts festival took a risk when it moved from Belfast to Bangor in Northern Ireland, but one that is paying off now that…
Audience Finder: What’s new?
On the brink of the new funding year, Anne Torreggiani takes a whistle-stop tour of the improvements The Audience Agency is making…
Arts Council to launch new £1m digital skills network
The DCMS has published an ‘action plan’ to help cultural organisations make the best use of new technology.
We can’t leave it to chance!
Mandy Precious considers herself lucky to have discovered the arts, but are the next generation getting the same chances she did?
The power of shared ambition
A unified view of audience behaviour has increased sales and donations for Exeter Phoenix. Alice Young explains how.
The hills are alive… with event cinema
A new model of digital distribution is giving rural communities the chance to see filmed performances of dance, opera and theatre…
