Borehamwood's Ark Theatre celebrates one year anniversary
8th November 2010
Theatregoes hand in hand with Borehamwood’s television and film heritage and residents rejoiced when this time last year the area got a new theatre, the Ark. The Ark’s curtain rose for the first time last year on November 7 and the venue has since played host to 23 different companies and staged 32 performances including musical theatre and stand-up.
Chorley Little Theatre celebrates refurbishment
8th November 2010
There’s never been more reason for members of Chorley Little Theatre to celebrate. It’s exactly 100 years since the building opened and 55 since Chorley Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society, or CADOS, took up residence. In the last 18 months the building has also seen a £100,000 plus refurbishment and the future is looking good for the 2010-2011 season which is now well underway.
New performance centre opens at Cornish university
6th November 2010
University College Falmouth has opened a new multi-million pound performance centre at its Tremough Campus in Penryn, as part of its wider ambition to create a new specialist Arts University in Cornwall by 2013.
Higher education – universities with arts courses bear the brunt
5th November 2010
More than one in 10 universities is braced to see public funding wiped out, according to Labour figures. In last month’s spending review, George Osborne announced that the teaching budget for the country’s 208 higher education establishments would be cut from £7.1billion to £4.2billion by 2014.
Take the stage – Stories from local Finsbury Park lives to inspire first play in new Park Theatre
5th November 2010
The new privately funded theatre planned for Finsbury Park’s first production will be based on the life stories of people living in the area. The 200-seat Park Theatre will be built in what is now a disused office block by the Wells Terrace exit of the tube station, and the curtain is due to rise in 2012.
Colchester arts funding cuts confirmed
5th November 2010
Colchester’s arts organisations have been nervously anticipating the reductions from the Government’s spending review, which was expected to include budget cuts of anything between 25 and 40 per cent to Arts Council England. ACE provides funding for Colchester’s Mercury Theatre, Colchester Arts Centre and Firstsite.
Red tape could stop council moving meetings to Shanklin theatre
5th November 2010
Legislation could scupper plans to hold town council meetings at Shanklin Theatre, it was claimed last week. Shanklin Town Council is to seek legal advice after town clerk, Stella Janeway, raised doubts as to whether the Local Government Act 1972 allowed them to hold meetings on licensed premises when other venues were available.
Century-old Theatre Royal building in Barry to be demolished
4th November 2010
The century-old Theatre Royal cinema building in Barry will be demolished to make way for the Vale’s first extra care housing facility, it was confirmed this week.
Grants help cover roof repairs at St Helens Theatre Royal
4th November 2010
Rainwater had gushed onto the stage where the cast of Billy Elliott were trying out their routines and emergency repairs had to be carried out so the show could go on. The cost to the Theatre Royal Trust exceeded £15,000. Since the leak there’s now a double helping of good news for stage fans.
ACE unveils “biggest transformation of arts funding for a generation”
4th November 2010
Arts Council England has today unveiled the ten-year strategy that will inform a complete overhaul of the organisations it funds in early 2011, leading to as many as 100 companies being cut.
- Page:
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- 69
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 73
- 74
- 75
- 76
- 77
- 78
- 79
- 80
- 81
- 82
- 83
- 84
- 85
- 86
- 87
- 88
- 89
- 90
- 91
- 92
- 93
- 94
- 95
- 96
- 97
- 98
- 99
- 100
- 101
- 102
- 103
- 104
- 105
- 106
- 107
- 108
- 109
- 110
- 111
- 112
- 113
- 114
- 115
- 116
- 117
- 118
- 119
- 120
- 121
- 122
- 123
- 124
- 125
- 126
- 127
- 128
- 129
- 130
- 131
- 132
- 133
- 134
- 135
- 136
- 137
- 138
- 139
- 140
- 141
- 142
- 143
- 144
- 145
- 146
- 147
- 148
- 149
- 150
- 151
- 152
- 153
- 154
- 155
- 156
- 157
- 158
- 159
- 160
- 161
- 162
- 163
- 164
- 165
- 166
- 167
- 168
- 169
- 170
- 171
- 172
- 173
- 174
- 175
- 176
- 177
- 178
- 179
- 180
- 181
- 182
- 183
- 184
- 185
- 186
- 187
- 188
- 189
- 190
- 191
- 192
- 193
- 194
- 195
- 196
- 197
- 198
- 199
- 200
- 201
- 202
- 203
- 204
- 205
- 206
- 207
- 208
- 209
- 210
- 211
- 212
- 213
- 214
- 215
- 216
- 217
- 218
- 219
- 220
- 221
- 222
- 223
- 224
- 225
- 226
- 227
- 228
- 229
- 230
- 231
- 232
- 233
- 234
- 235
- 236
- 237
- 238
- 239
- 240
- 241
- 242
- 243
- 244
- 245
- 246
- 247
- 248
- 249
- 250
- 251
- 252
- 253
- 254
- 255
- 256
- 257
- 258
- 259
- 260
- 261
- 262
- 263
- 264
- 265
- 266
- 267
- 268
- 269
- 270
- 271
- 272
- 273
- 274
- 275
- 276
- 277
- 278
- 279
- 280
- 281
- 282
- 283
- 284
- 285
- 286
- 287
- 288
- 289
- 290
- 291
- 292
- 293
- 294
- 295
- 296
- 297
- 298
- 299
- 300
- 301
- 302
- 303
- 304
- 305
- 306
- 307
- 308
- 309
- 310
- 311
- 312
- 313
- 314
- 315
- 316
- 317
- 318
- 319
- 320
- 321
- 322
- 323
- 324
- 325
- 326
- 327
- 328
- 329
- 330
- 331
- 332
- 333
- 334
- 335
- 336
- 337
- 338
- 339
- 340
- 341
- 342
- 343
- 344
- 345
- 346
- 347
- 348
- 349
- 350
- 351
- 352
- 353
- 354
- 355
- 356
- 357
- 358
- 359
- 360
- 361
- 362
- 363
- 364
- 365
- 366
- 367
- 368
- 369
- 370
- 371
- 372
- 373
- 374
- 375
- 376
- 377
- 378
- 379
- 380
- 381
- 382
- 383
- 384
- 385
- 386
- 387
- 388
- 389
- 390
- 391
- 392
- 393
- 394
- 395
- 396
- 397
- 398
- 399
- 400
- 401
- 402
- 403
- 404
- 405
- 406
- 407
- 408
- 409
- 410
- 411
- 412
- 413
- 414
- 415
- 416
- 417
- 418
- 419
- 420
- 421
- 422
- 423
- 424
- 425
- 426
- 427
- 428
- 429
- 430
- 431
- 432
- 433
- 434
- 435
- 436
- 437
- 438
- 439
- 440
- 441
- 442
- 443
- 444
- 445
- 446
- 447
- 448
- 449
- 450
- 451
- 452
- 453
- 454
- 455
- 456
- 457
- 458
- 459
- 460
- 461
- 462
- 463
- 464
- 465
- 466
- 467
- 468
- 469
- 470
- 471
- 472
- 473
- 474
- 475
- 476
- 477
- 478
- 479
- 480
- 481
- 482
- 483
