Wednesday, 08 July 2015
David Allen profiles Multi-Story Orchestra, an initiative that is making classical music more fun to play and more fun to attend, by taking it into new and un-sanitised places.
Tuesday, 07 July 2015
Matt Trueman laments the National Theatre’s apparent willingness to stage a musical version of Pinocchio, saying it should be investing in risky art, not safe bets.
With many of Italy’s 800 opera houses falling into disrepair, a Finnish soprano has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring the buildings back to life. Alice Philipson reports.
Monday, 06 July 2015
The inclusivity of technology is helping a digital arts festival in Horsham to engage people with learning disabilities. Saba Salman reports.
Friday, 03 July 2015
The UK already owns the Elgin marbles, so why not buy the rest of the Parthenon and solve Greece’s money troubles, asks Joshua Gelernter.
Thursday, 02 July 2015
Michael J Lewis fears for the art world given the broadmindedness – indistinguishable from indifference – of students and the public alike.
Wednesday, 01 July 2015
Carole Souter talks to the Museums Association about research the Heritage Lottery Fund has conducted into the impact of its major grants.
Part law court, part theatre spectacle, Kate Connolly asks if The Congo Tribunal – which features real victims and politicians trying to find reconciliation for the Congolese war – is the most ambitious political theatre ever staged.
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
A rumble of discontent is brewing amongst artists in Manchester who worry that the Manchester International Festival’s focus is too much International, not enough Manchester.
Denver’s Bonfils-Stanton Foundation’s generous and hands on approach to arts philanthropy is building up its influence in the city.
Friday, 26 June 2015
What effect do trigger warnings have? Tiffany Antone dares theatres to avoid sanitising performances for fear of offending audiences.
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Matt Burriesci explains why measuring the worth of an arts education by monetary value alone is as ridiculous as assessing the value of the Parthenon by its square footage and proximity to major highways.
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
Smartphones are changing the way we tell stories, says Kate Pullinger, presenting new and exciting opportunities for arts organisations.
Berlin's Komische Oper is changing the face of opera by casting a robot the size of a small child as the star of its latest production, ‘My Square Lady’.
Monday, 22 June 2015
Joyce McMillan examines the reasons why the relatively generous arts funding in Scotland is not making the impact it should.
A public art project in Sheffield is exploring new ways for the subsidised sector to work with philanthropists and private collectors.
Fiona Mountford talks to the Young Vic’s David Lan about the case for arts funding and the commercialisation of publicly-funded theatres.
Friday, 19 June 2015
Artist Zoë Coombs Marr busts open the myths about what happens to arts funding once a grant is successful.
Joe Pindelski profiles director Regina Taylor, explaining how her use of a website to accompany a stage production may be the best way to artistically engage the online community.
Thursday, 18 June 2015
A Los Angeles stage website is causing a stir by asking theatres to pay $150 for a review, Mike Boehm reports.