News

Keep up to date with all our activities by reading our regular blogs written by actor and theatre practitioner Janine Haynes.

  • Empowering young people in the arts amid budget cuts

    20th January 2025

    It hasn’t been a great start to the year. We’ve read many devastating stories from those in the arts who are on the brink of closing or have had to close due to funding issues and harsh budget cuts....

  • Reflecting on 2024 as the curtain comes down

    15th December 2024

    As the year draws to a close and the Christmas festivities fill the air, we find ourselves pausing and taking time to reflect on all the great things we achieved during 2024...

  • Helping to shape the stories of tomorrow

    15th December 2024

    We all know that theatre has immense value both socially and culturally....

  • Worth £125bn to the UK economy and still we are overlooked!

    15th November 2024

    Labour's plan for the Arts, Culture and Creative Industries devised following the Labour’s Creative Conference, which involved 250 leaders across the creative industries discussing how the arts and a Labour government can work together on strengthening and developing our creative sectors ‘as a lynchpin for future growth’.

  • Where’s our freedom of speech?

    21st October 2024

    Earlier this month, the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester cancelled the entire five-week run of A Midsummer Night's Dream...