News & Blog
Keep up to date with all our activities by reading our regular blogs written by actor and theatre practitioner Janine Haynes.
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Invisible Visible – LGBTQ Creative Group
15 October 2020
Earlier this year, we mentioned that we were extremely lucky to receive emergency funding from Arts Council England (ACE) - for which we are incredibly grateful...
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Why are the arts not ‘viable’?
1 October 2020
Once again, the arts industry has been pushed aside by our government and left with no support, job protection, funding - nothing.
I am of course talking about the recent unveiling of the new support scheme that, as Rishi Sunak puts it, “is focussed on those companies that can provide viable…
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Theatre is coming alive again thanks to our courageous industry
21 September 2020
It has been an incredibly exciting few weeks for indoor theatre. I feel like we are finally getting some traction, and we as an industry are starting to move forward...
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Why are arts subjects on the decline?
4 September 2020
‘Arts GCSEs experience 37% drop in past decade.’ This headline from The Stage last month is extremely concerning.
Its research found that this year:
· 424,528 young people were entered for an arts subject at GCSE level, compared to 673,879 10 years ago in 2010 (37%)
· GCSE drama and music entries declined…
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How can we be inclusive without diverse programming?
21 August 2020
A statistic I read back in January really sticks in my mind: ‘61% of artistic directors in 2019 are white men’.
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November is a long way away. How are theatres going to survive?
5 August 2020
At 12pm on 31st July, Boris Johnson delivered a devastating blow for our industry...
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Things are looking up, but we can’t get excited yet
22 July 2020
The news we’ve all been waiting for finally arrived last week when Boris Johnson announced that indoor live performances can resume from 1 August, with a socially distanced audience....
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Rescue package – too little, too late?
9 July 2020
We are absolutely delighted with the governments unveiling of a £1.57bn support package for the arts.
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Just how much do the Arts contribute to the UK economy? You’ll be surprised
21 June 2020
I have been told many times that the creative industries, which includes theatre, is not as important as other industries because they don’t contribute to the UK’s economy as greatly.
Knowing that this is completely untrue, I wanted to give you a few facts and figures to show you just how…
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Making the invisible visible with our new project
28 May 2020
We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have been awarded emergency funding from Arts Council England (ACE)...