Liverpool invests £1.6m in music development
Liverpool City Region (LCR) Combined Authority is investing £1.6m in its LCR Music Board. First set up in December 2018, the…
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Museums that reflect Brummie-ness
As Birmingham applauds the extraordinary success of the Commonwealth Games, Sara Wajid and Zak Mensah reflect on the role of museu…
Refurbishment of Preston’s Harris Museum begins
The Harris Museum in Preston is set to undergo a £14m refurbishment with the keys officially handed over to a construction c…
Kendal art gallery to reopen next year
Abbot Hall gallery in Kendal is expected to reopen early in 2023. Arts and heritage charity Lakeland Arts has been given the go ah…
Heritage Fund moots investment in ‘places of need’
New investment strategy for National Lottery Heritage Fund likely to feature larger grants for increased impact, with a focus on a…
Liverpool Playhouse plans major refurbishment
Liverpool Playhouse Theatre is set to undergo a major refurbishment. The Liverpool & Merseyside Theatres Trust (LMTT), which r…
Visitor attraction to open after £28m redevelopment
The world's first iron-framed building will open next month as a visitor attraction following a £28m restoration. Known…
Heritage support programme returns for third year
The third round of a programme aimed at responding to the challenges and financial constraints currently facing heritage orga…
West Yorkshire launches arts, culture and heritage consultation
West Yorkshire Combined Authority is launching a consultation into a new programme to develop arts, culture, heritage and sport in…
New West End theatre to open in autumn
A new build West End theatre will open this autumn, the first for 50 years. The theatre, called @sohoplace, forms part of a £…
DCMS launches consultation on how to spend dormant assets
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a public consultation on what social and environmental ca…
Work begins on £3m development of Coventry’s Albany Theatre
The Albany Theatre in Coventry is undergoing a £3m redevelopment that will include a new studio theatre, two education space…
Wrexham to bid again for UK City of Culture
Wrexham will make another bid for the title of City of Culture in 2029 after recently losing out to Bradford for the 2025 title. M…
Successful CDF bids share commitment to cultural legacy
Local authorities in the areas of the seven funded projects in Cultural Development Fund round two are found to have strong cultur…
£18m refurbishment for Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
Herefordshire Council has agreed to invest £8m of capital funding for the complete refurbishment of Hereford Museum and Art…
Plans announced for new theatre in Derby
Derby City Council has announced plans to build a new theatre on a city centre site. The proposed theatre, known as Assemble, woul…
National Lottery awards £13.7m for community projects
Six projects designed to support heritage, culture and nature have received funding from the National Lottery to help communities…
The birth of Shakespeare’s Northern home
Shakespeare North Playhouse is a brand-new theatre modelled on a traditional Shakespearean era playhouse. Melanie Lewis shares the…
Chesterfield theatre closes for £17.5m renovation
Chesterfield’s Pomegranate Theatre is closing at the end of the month as part of a £17.5m restoration project. The pla…
Government fund to rescue cultural buildings reopens
The second round of the government’s Community Ownership Fund opened on Saturday (11 June). The £150m fund is designed…
Upgrade of Yeovil theatre to begin next year
Work on a major £29m upgrade to a theatre in Somerset to "help attract bigger shows" will begin next year, it has…
High priority areas yet to receive levelling up funding
Analysis finds 19 local authority areas deemed to be high priority for investment by both government and Arts Council England are…
Welsh Government announces £750,000 for libraries and museums
More than £750,000 of funding will be provided to help local libraries and museums develop their facilities and services, th…
Norwich University of the Arts expands campus
Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) has acquired central Norwich venue 20 Bank Plain. Work will now begin to transform the former…
