Arts Council England is forging ahead with plans to impose a standardised system for measuring artistic quality on its NPOs, despite a lukewarm sector response and warnings that this will require a “quantum change” in organisational attitudes to data. Via Arts Professional.
The playwright Al Smith, creator of our Autumn house tour ‘Harrogate’ talks returning to the stage and his Edinburgh fringe loves and hates.
Via Whats On Stage.
Spread your bets, get the right show in the right slot, hope for a little bit of luck – and don’t put in money you can’t afford to lose. Top producers share their Edinburgh festival success stories.
Via The Guardian.
Artists based in London have been the main beneficiaries of a national scheme to help artists build overseas connections.
Via Arts Professional.
Yesterday we hosted our fifth house chat on twitter, on the topic of ‘How can artists and venues become more green?’ and this is how it went!
Make sure to join us @housetheatre for the next conversation on Wednesday 24 August 1-2pm, we’ll be talking about Edinburgh Fringe, don’t forget to use the hashtag #housechat!
What does Brexit mean to BAME Londoners? What does it mean to BAME artists in London? It scares us, but it won’t stop us. The politicians have spoken, now let the artists respond.
Leading figures from the arts – including Lucy Prebble, Anish Kapoor, Ivo van Hove and Barrie Rutter – reveal their shock, anger and revulsion at the vote to leave the EU.
Via The Guardian
The decline in the take-up of arts subjects at GCSE has increased five-fold over the past year, coinciding with a dramatic rise in young people studying EBacc subjects.