The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport via Arts Council England, Gatsby Charitable Foundation and the Backstage Trust have led a campaign for donations to the Theatre Artists Fund over the past 48 hours, alongside other major benefactors and trusts. From this extraordinary collective effort, £2 million has already been raised to help the […]
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Frozen Light to premiere first digital production
Specialist theatre company Frozen Light will premiere its first digital production 2065: The Multi-Sensory Movie later this month. Co-commissioned by Northern Stage and Attenborough Arts Centre with support by Arts Council England, the innovative production has been designed to bring theatre into the homes of those with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD). The digital […]
Arts Council grant boost for Park Theatre
London’s Park Theatre has been awarded £35,000 in emergency funding from Arts Council England to help the popular venue survive the lockdown and social distancing measures necessitated by the Covid-19 crisis. The support from ACE coincides with news that the Park Theatre’s public Go Fund Me campaign, Park Life, has already reached 50% of its target […]
Arts Council aid for Metta Theatre’s new digital works
Metta Theatre has been granted emergency funds by Arts Council England to enable the award-winning company to continue developing three out of six of the new British musicals it announced in January this year. Originally scheduled to be showcased across the UK in the first half of 2020, the funding will be used exclusively to […]
Arts Council backing for Royal & Derngate’s new musical project
Northampton’s Royal & Derngate’s project to inspire and create original musical productions has received a massive cash boost from the Arts Council England. Over £684,000 will be invested in the Royal & Derngate-led programme that will include the production of four original musicals and the offer of support to at least 150 artists. Working with […]
James Hadley is new executive director for Musical Theatre Network
James Hadley has been confirmed as the new executive director of the Musical Theatre Network. Part of the London Theatre team at Arts Council England since 2010, Hadley will take up his new post in early November. Before joining Arts Council England as a ‘relationship manager’ specialising in musical theatre, Hadley worked in Wellington, New […]
