Arts Theatre loses fight
The Arts Theatre in Lolndon’s West End which has been offering fringe drama on its 320-seat stage since 1927 has lost the battle to survive.
BAC plans post-blaze future
Barely a year after fire gutted the Battersea Arts Centre, artistic director David Jubb today announced plans for expanding the arts centre’s activities, including a new courtyard theatre and a commissioning programme.
Barbican chief enters Brexit debate
Sir Nicholas Kenyon, managing director of the Barbican Centre, has waded into the Europe debate claiming that leaving Europe could damage London as a global cultural centre.
Pay dispute resolved at Scottish Museums
But Wales threat of dismissal over weekend working row
Arts organisations share £1m investment
Arts Impact Fund announces three loans
National’s ‘Red Box’ closes
The National Theatre’s Temporary Theatre, the wooden red box auditorium erected in the theatre’s forecourt in 2013, is to close on May 4.
‘Ghost of Palmyra’ in Trafalgar Square
The 1,800-year-old Triumphal Arch of Palmyra in Syria, destroyed by Isil forces last October, has been reconstructed in Trafalgar Square thanks to the latest digital technology, as part of World Heritage Week 2016.
Leeds pioneers dance partnership
Dance organisations from Leeds have set up a new partnership.
Wesker dies at 83
Sir Arnold Wesker, whose “kitchen sink” dramas of the 1950s brought working class grit to the London stage via the Royal Court Theatre, has died. He was 83 and had been suffering with Parkinson’s disease.
Bowie echo for Proms
David Bowie, who died in January, is to be remembered in this year’s BBC Proms, it was announced today.
