On the road (sometimes with a JCB)
International touring has given Motionhouse greater confidence and is a crucial element in the company's plans for the future….
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Lies, damned lies and arts funding statistics
Liz Hill sets the record straight on the contribution that touring activity by London-based arts organisations makes to the rest o…
Our Gurus
Following the launch of ‘Phenomenal People’, a project celebrating inspirational women, founders of Fuel Louise Blackw…
Talking on tour
A new touring model capitalising on word-of-mouth recommendations indicates that touring is not dead after all. Jo Towler explains…
In upbeat and dynamic mood
As the Independent Theatre Council celebrates its 40th anniversary, its members discussed touring, artists’ pay, inclusion a…
ACE touring budget under-subscribed
Insufficient quality applications to Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring programme could mean that some of the remainin…
Job Ladder
Director of The Pleasance Theatre Trust, Anthony Alderson, looks back on a career that has taken him all around the globe.
Touring organisations fight ACE decision to cut funding
NPOs that focus on touring and those working with young people were twice as likely to experience cuts in the latest round of fund…
It’s England, Jim, but not as you know it
Liz Hill concludes that Arts Council England’s ‘This England’ report is based on a carefully constructed analysi…
From nowhere to somewhere
Claire Smith describes how a small-scale rural touring project in Cheshire was developed and funded to reach audiences from six ru…
Touring back on track?
What can be done to create better links between a touring company and the communities where it tours? Catherine Love offers s…
Fairer funding call by regional theatres
Receiving venues are lobbying MPs to intervene for a fairer share of Lottery funding in the regions.
My Gurus
Rachael Griffin tells us who has inspired her most.
My Gurus
Katherine Senior, touring theatre company co-founder and actress, names those who have inspired her most.
My Gurus
Jamie Eastman, Director of Live at LICA, tells us who has inspired him most throughout his career.
The hot outdoors
Maggie Clarke believes that this is a good time for outdoor arts, with investment, partnerships and networks raising the bar and r…
New research into cinema broadcasts of opera planned
How cinema broadcasts have changed audience experiences of opera in the UK will be the subject of the first academic study of its…
Quality captioning
Captioning theatre performances may be logistically demanding but a small touring company has just managed it − and so can o…
Job Ladder
The new Executive Director of Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Judith Kilvington, guides us through her career to date.
Job Ladder
Cath James tells how she has progressed through her career.
Grant for Touring Consortium
The Touring Consortium Theatre Company has received a grant of over £1m for a three year, large scale touring program…
On tour and on track
With many ITC members having contributed to the development of the Arts Council’s new approach to touring, I was surprised t…
Warning signals
Charlotte Jones raises questions about Arts Council England’s recent choice of projects to receive its Strategic Touring funds
ACE touring grants aim to improve access
New work for children and young people dominates the list of first-round awards
