What are the rules for performing artists coming to the UK?
One year on, artists are still struggling with the legal complexities around performance in the UK. Gary McIndoe explains the deta…
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Cross-party MPs launch inquiry into EU touring barriers
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Music will hold a cross-party inquiry into the barriers and delays facing musicians&nb…
UK strikes visa-free touring deal with Romania
Romania has been added to the list of EU countries that UK performers can tour in sans visa. As has become customary, DCMS conceal…
‘Splitter vans’ permitted for EU touring artists, DfT says
British musicians touring the EU can now travel in the same vehicle as their equipment. The Department of Transport has confirmed…
Birmingham to open first city centre music venue in a decade
Birmingham is set to open its first music venue and club in the city centre for over a decade. Forum Birmingham, featuring a 3,500…
Scottish Government pushes for EU visa-free touring
Scottish Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has urged the UK Government to negotiate visa-free travel for the creative industry by…
Brexit Minister offers few answers, defends record on EU touring issues
DCMS had to wait for a green light from Lord Frost to begin bilateral negotiations on touring, few of which have been ag…
‘Major flaws’ in ministers’ post-Brexit touring claims
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden says "some paid touring" is possible in 17 of 27 EU member states as renewed campaigns f…
Can we any longer justify our carbon footprint?
After a lifetime spent working in the arts across the world, Judith Knight considers the dilemma of meeting the demands of the cli…
‘Aftershock’ – orchestras preparing for an uncertain future
The combined effect of Covid and Brexit will make significant dents in the financial viability of the orchestral sector, in spite…
Cabotage crisis: Orchestras may be forced to tour illegally
The Association of British Orchestras says there are three options moving forward: a new deal with the EU, financial support from…
UK has three months to save touring, sector warns
DCMS hopes to start discussions with individual EU states in the coming weeks, but industry figures say time is running out to fin…
Mounting pressure for touring visas ahead of UK-EU meeting
The sector is not giving up on EU touring visas. But ideas as to what to do next differ.
Touring visa offer ‘not compatible’ with Brexit goals
DCMS Minister Caroline Dinenage says the EU did not offer work permits and the Government is focussed on navigating…
Fury and disbelief over claims UK rejected visa-free touring
Parliament will debate whether visa-free work permits should be renegotiated as the Government blames Brussels for rejec…
Fears build over immigration rules for incoming artists
Complex rules, higher costs and visa requirements are set to place new barriers to EU artists working in the UK, even for short-te…
Local venues could be key to keeping audiences engaged
Rural touring could win back audiences first, as confidence in village hall venues is higher than for other types of auditorium, r…
Theatre company resists venue’s ‘licence to change’ clause
If enacted it would allow the host theatre to refund ‘offended’ ticket buyers at the touring company’s expense.
My vision for a radical artist-led hotel
We need bold new cultural infrastructures to tackle entrenched inequality in the arts, says Amahra Spence. Can a new project combi…
Government offers hope of ‘comprehensive music strategy’
Tax relief for venues and EU touring visas are also on the table, DCMS Minister Nigel Adams confirmed.
A truly national theatre? Exploring new ways to collaborate
National Theatre partnerships with theatres around the country are creating an opportunity for them to share and compare experienc…
Musicians call for protections to limit Brexit damage
A new manifesto says freelance workers have “little protection from exploitation” and warns of a grim future for touri…
Thinking ahead on touring costs
Arts organisations that schedule European tour dates could be faced with a bigger National Insurance bill if there’s no Brex…
Job ladder: John Laidlaw
The Executive Director of Live & Local recalls a career trajectory that has taken him through Butlins, an old bingo venue and…
