Matt Trueman: Small-scale artists need help to take the next step
Via The Stage.
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Arts hit back at Brexit: ‘I feel nothing but rage’
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
EXCLUSIVE: Arts in schools plummets, new figures show
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.
Nadia Nadarajah: Sign language in theatre should be art, not access
Via The Limping Chicken, The world’s most popular deaf blog! Lays eggs every weekday.
Outdoor pursuits
The outdoor arts attract audiences that other artforms aren’t always able to. Jonathan Goodacre examines why.
Via Arts Professional.
The secret of theatre directing? Finding another job to pay for it
By Derek Bond, who will direct Jess and Joe Forever, part of the autumn 2016 house season.
Via The Guardian.
diary of a caravan producer
Heather Rose has spent the past few months organising one of the biggest events in the farnham maltings calendar – here she explains why it’s all been worthwhile. …More »
Can the promise of a gig lure music lovers to the theatre?
Singing along loudly, dancing till you sweat, whooping at the drop… this behaviour belongs at a gig or a club, not a theatre, surely?
Via The Stage.