Half DCMS staff could lose their jobs
21st July 2010
Half the staff working at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport could lose their jobs under the cuts programme submitted by Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt to the Treasury, it was reported today.
Ambitious plan for £2m events centre – the biggest straw-built building in Europe
21st July 2010
Ambitious plans for a £2 million events centre could bring vital new business and revenue to an East Riding town, it has been claimed. The new community venue, earmarked for Driffield Showground, would feature a 1,200-seat theatre and help attract more events to the area.
Leisure centre including a new theatre in Northamptonshire shelved over funding
21st July 2010
Work on a £13m leisure centre in Northamptonshire has been been postponed over concerns about cuts in public spending.
How are Southern theatres faring in the economic slump?
21st July 2010
With less money in everyone’s pockets, are fewer people going to the theatre? Reporter Kim Briscoe spoke to venues about how they are weathering the slump in the economy and if on-going funding worries are being passed on to them. A trip to the theatre is a pleasant night out during which you can forget your worries and troubles, but are audiences still turning out for shows now that money is tighter for most people?
Southend Cliffs Pavilion to close for seven-week summer refurbishment
20th July 2010
Southend’s Cliffs Pavilion Theatre is to close for seven weeks this summer for a refurbishment that will see all seating in the 1,630-capacity venue replaced.
Plans to reopen Coventry's Butts Theatre with Community Theatre Trust
20th July 2010
Plans to get the ball rolling for the reopening of a Coventry community theatre have been approved. At a meeting last week, the council’s culture, leisure, sports and libraries committee agreed to set up a Community Theatre Trust to safeguard the future of The Butts Theatre.
Blog: What's so wrong with proscenium arch theatre?
19th July 2010
We’re told that modern audiences are after interactivity and intimacy – but are traditional theatres really so bad? blogs Dan Relellato for The Guardian.
Source: The Guardian Theatre Blog – Dan Rebellato
Letters: Help protect the future of the Scarborough Futurist
19th July 2010
The Futurist Theatre, Scarborough, is currently under threat of demolition from the council which own the theatre. More than 5,000 residents have signed a petition to keep the theatre which is the fifth largest in seating capacity outside London.
Old Welsh theatres on at-risk register
19th July 2010
Five old theatres in Wales have been placed on the at-risk register by a theatres preservation group. The Theatres Trust has included the buildings, three of which have heritage status, in its annual Theatre Buildings at Risk. The trust said the recession had put more theatres under threat of demolition or stalled renovation plans.
Louise Jeffreys steps up to become Barbican director of programming
19th July 2010
Louise Jeffreys has been appointed to the newly-created role of director of programming at London’s Barbican Centre.
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