Useful links for Covid-19 advice
These links are useful for cultural organisations seeking advice on how COVID-19 local restrictions apply to their operations. These links were live when published. We will try to …More »
house: Advice
support for venues applying for emergency funding
Alongside 30 nationwide organisations, Farnham Maltings (house’s delivery organisation) is offering application advice, guidance and support to artists as part of New Diorama’s North Star Project. Inspired by the …More »
Engaging young audiences with Zest Theatre
Toby Ealden, Artistic Director of Zest Theatre, recorded a presentation for house’s Venue Network Day ‘Opening the Doors to Young People’. He explores how Zest makes new work …More »
Busting the myths around theatre tax relief
Graham Suggett is a former Lead Tax Specialist with HMRC’S Creative Taxes Team. Having been a Tax Inspector for 16 years, including four with the Creative Taxes Team, …More »
Guest Blog Post: Smoking Apples on Tour Booking
When going to see shows, I’d often pick up flyers in the foyer with numerous tour dates on the back and I remember thinking “how is this done” …More »
house profile: project manager at greenhouse
Name: Richard Kingdom Role: Project Manager Organisation: greenhouse Tell us what greenhouse is in a nutshell and how is the project linked with house? greenhouse supports …More »
Guest Blog: Fol Espoir’s John Walton on Rural Touring
As well as being a freelance director I run Fol Espoir – a theatre company that tours to regional arts centres and rural networks across the UK. Small-scale …More »
Pot Luck: Making Work in the Shadow of London
house venue managers and programmers working in the South East will be well aware of the challenges involved with presenting work in the long shadow cast by London. …More »
The Day in the life of a venue marketer
The second instalment of our ‘Day in the Life of’ series comes from Will Sawney, the Press and Marketing Manager for TOM The Old Market Theatre in Brighton: …More »
Check casting directors’ identities
Warning to artists and performers!
Equity has learnt that someone has been setting up false emails and Facebook accounts using the details of high profile casting directors and then attempting to set up castings; read the full article for tips on how to check their authenticity.
A Younger Theatre looks at Twitter mistakes
10 Common Mistakes with Arts Organisations Using Twitter
Jake Orr at A Younger Theatre looks at the most common mistakes made by arts organisations, individuals and companies when using Twitter.
13 tips for those working in arts PR
Amber Massie-Blomfield, PR director, Mobius Industries Think beyond the role: I think PRs, particularly in house, are often seen as being in quite junior positions and expected to …More »
Online support for amateur arts
Guidance is being offered to amateur arts groups in the form of a new website launched by Voluntary Arts. Running Your Group provides information on starting up, funding, …More »
Reinventing Touring – article about house by Gavin Stride
Reinventing touring A group of programmers and producers based in the South East is developing a more generous, collaborative model for touring theatre. Gavin Stride explains how The …More »