Convince them you’re Covid-safe
Audiences are ready to return but they need reassurance to take the first step. A new digital toolkit will help bridge the gap, sa…
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How to replicate the concertgoing experience
The much-vaunted idea of liveness relies on two different but equally important types of connection. Peter Ord examines the techni…
Classical and jazz artists are ‘doing badly’ from streaming royalties
Fear of being excluded holds artists back from challenging the major platforms.
More alive than ever before
Despite what you may have heard, theatre isn’t dead. Moving online has made new spaces for creativity and collaboration that…
Access and authenticity need agency
What the new importance of digital in arts and culture has shown most clearly is that now is the time to reinvent – not rein…
A new home for cancelled festivals
Lucie Andersen-Wood explains how this year’s festivals have combined oral tradition with broadcasting – and given…
EXCLUSIVE: Due diligence checks on emergency grants were automated
New software that assesses thousands of applications at once gave Arts Council England funding applicants a red, amber or gre…
Theatres and AI: the brave new world ahead
While theatres are in lockdown it’s difficult to look ahead. But Andrew Howard sees technological change as driving a new an…
How VR could save theatre
Even during the pandemic, virtual reality can offer a bridge into theatre for digitally curious audiences. Laura Mallows explains…
Sector looks to digital for post-pandemic bounce
Cultural organisations and funders are investing in digital to keep artistic activity alive – whether social distancing rule…
DCMS Committee to investigate streaming
A new DCMS Committee Inquiry is set to "shine a torch into the murky corners of the streaming payment model".
Zoom: shows promise but could do better
What would the digital performing arts look like if the arts had their own software platform, responsive to artistic needs? Ron Ev…
Families could boost sector’s recovery, survey suggests
Families are willing to pay as-usual prices for digital and outdoor arts events, but organisations' offerings must meet their…
New spaces, new places, new audiences
Taking indoor activity into outdoor spaces offers one possible solution to the challenge of social distancing. Kate Rolfe explores…
Audiences will pay for ‘live digital’ events, survey suggests
70% of audiences say they are willing to pay for digital events as full capacity shows remain on ice. But the shift towards user-p…
What can – and should – you charge digital audiences?
Even if people are willing to pay for digital performances, are they willing to pay enough? Robin Cantrill Fenwick examines the da…
Covid-19 spawns ‘digital only’ audiences
Survey data that suggests a third of digital arts audiences only engage online raises new possibilities for the post-Covid cu…
Learning through lockdown
The pandemic didn’t stop Music in the Round running the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival online – and learning from th…
Do we still need record labels?
The costs of making and distributing music have both come down, but streaming income is very low. John Funge examines the financia…
Building online relationships with supporters
In the current climate it’s time to adapt digital fundraising strategies and look at how your data can help boost online don…
Facing the future in the digital sphere
Despite the blow the lockdown has dealt to its plans, dreams, ambitions and finances, Tomorrow’s Warriors are managing to th…
The pivot to digital: catching up and moving forward
As live-to-digital capture, broadcast and live-streaming are embraced more widely in the rush to build up work online, emerging te…
Opening doors for young people
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic it may become harder still for talented people to break into the media, but the New Creati…
Research body campaigns for culture and creativity
As the Arts and Humanities Research Council sets out to demonstrate the role digital developments can play in arts and culture, so…
