TAITMAIL The day the music died
Was it February 3, 1959, when the headline mourned the death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Big Bopper in a plane crash? Or was it December 31, 2020?
Lockdown driving new audiences to music – RPO report
More people are enjoying orchestral music as it plays a growing part in everyday life, according to a report being published by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tomorrow (January 6), which will help the orchestra remodel itself for new audiences and venues
THE ART OF PHOTOJOURNALISM Image of the month
The Rainboy, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 14th June 1986, by Ian Spratt
MY STORY Unlimited – where disabled artists can climb over the barriers
The Unlimited festival returns in January, celebrating the artistic vision of disabled artists in a major development by the Southbank Centre, presenting 33 events - almost all free – globally for the first time. “The Covid-19 pandemic has hit both the arts and disabled communities hard” said the Southbank Centre’s Senior Producer, Ruth Hardie, “and I am incredibly impressed with and grateful for the artists who’ve been working hard, in the most challenging of situations, to adapt their work so we can present this festival online. JO VERRENT is Unlimited’s senior producer
THE WORD How we made sure the show goes on
Since this feature was posted, Tier 4 has been imposed closing the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and the show until further notice. However, the production was filmed and from Wednesday can be seen at https://www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/whats-on/snow-queen-digital-performance
Joanna Read, director/chief executive of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford on a year that is ending in triumph – ‘I’m so glad we have taken the (calculated) risk to commit to the show’
GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE Coventry 2021 sets off early to take on Covid
Coventry’s year as City of Culture has unofficially sprung into action a year early to help the city deal with Covid-19.
MY STORY How the Festival spirit has been kept alive
Harrogate International Festivals - HIF - is a series of events across the year, from the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Festival to the Harrogate Music Festival, but this year has seen a complex but well-oiled machine grind almost to a halt thanks to Covid-19. Sharon Canavar has been its chief executive since 2010.
MY STORY MENA, the creative culture you heard of first today
Kerry Michael is an award-winning theatre director who ran the Theatre Royal Stratford East (TRSE) for 13 years until 2017, and in the following year was made an MBE. During lockdown he has turned his focus to MENA – Middle Eastern and North African arts professionals – and has founded MENA Arts UK – and a campaign, both launched today.
THE ART OF PHOTOJOURNALISM Image of the month
Wenceslas Square, Prague, 17th November 1989, by Brian Harris
THE WORD To survive, the arts must tackle inequality of opportunity
To combat the corrosive effects of racism, exclusion and Covid-19, the cultural sector needs to act now, says Maria Adebowale-Schwarte, CEO of the Foundation for Future London
INTERVIEW Art is changing our workspace
Patrick McCrae, chief executive, ARTIQ
MY STORY Online drama that is a cry against homelessness and mental health ignorance
The actor and writer Nell Hardy is to perform her own powerful and disturbing one-character play, NoMad, which is based on her own experiences of homelessness and psychiatric hospitalisation, in a live stream from Greenwich Theatre on November 27, supported by Tramshed’s Progression Programme of Artist Development.
