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The Latest Breaking News from Arts Council England

ENO strike: staff say they are political ‘pawns’ and fear being forced out

Musicians say many feel they have no choice but to act over cuts and may have to leave industry altogether

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Weir obituary

Head of Arts Council England provision for London, the Design Council and arts and cultural strategy at the 2012 Olympics

The Guardian - UK

English National Opera members to vote on strike action over pay dispute

Equity union says chorus members will vote in early January on whether to act over plans to cut salaries by 40%

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Tolkien and CS Lewis manuscripts among treasures made available to public in 2023

Spitting Image puppets and Barbara Hepworth works also donated via Acceptance in Lieu and Cultural Gifts schemes

The Guardian - UK

English National Opera announces Manchester as its new home

Opera company was told by Arts Council England last year that it would lose its £12m of its funding unless it moved out of London

The Independent UK

After 60 years, when will the biggest job in UK theatre go to a woman? Why not now?

Only male artistic directors have run the National Theatre. It’s time to address that, says the Guardian’s chief theatre critic Arifa Akbar

The Guardian - UK

South London dance organisation to close after funding ends

Soon-to-be redundant staff at Greenwich Dance are 'grieving', the CEO said

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English National Opera cuts risk ‘killing off of art form’, warn prominent music directors

Former ENO conductors Edward Gardner, Sir Mark Elder and the Royal Opera House’s Sir Antonio Pappano said cuts would make company ‘an empty shell of its former self’

The Independent UK

English National Opera in chaos after music director resigns suddenly over ‘severe cuts’

Martyn Brabbins quit on Sunday saying proposed cuts will drive a ‘coach and horses’ through ENO’s artistic integrity

The Independent UK

ENO’s music director resigns over proposed cuts to musical staff positions

Martyn Brabbins says proposals to axe 19 posts and employ remaining musicians part-time is plan of ‘managed decline’

The Guardian - UK

ENO plans to cut staff and put the rest on part-time contracts – union

ENO said it understands this is a ‘very challenging and stressful time’ for staff.

The Independent UK

Grassroots music venues in middle of ‘full-blown crisis’, Music Venue Trust tells Jeremy Hunt

Charity organisation says more than 15 per cent of UK’s remaining grassroots music venues have been forced to shut their doors in the past 12 months

The Independent UK

ENO to receive extra £24m to allow more time to leave London, says Arts Council

Opera company will leave capital by March 2029 and develop artistic programme for new base

The Guardian - UK

Arts Council adjusts funding plans for English National Opera move out of London

The public body has extended the deadline for a new ENO main base outside London by three years.

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The Guardian - UK

Hooked on classics? But if you want to learn to play, you’d better be posh

My state school taught me the value of Bach and Vivaldi. Today’s pupils aren’t so lucky

Wales Online

Funding cuts threaten the future of Welsh National Opera

Arts Council England’s plan to reduce WNO’s funding by 35% is 'the reverse of levelling up'

The Guardian - UK

Gender-critical woman wins harassment claim against Arts Council England

Employee had said LGB Alliance had ‘transphobic staff’ and ‘neo-Nazi, homophobic and Islamophobic’ supporters

Nottingham Post

Mansfield Museum awarded £76,700 for restorations to natural history collection

The collection hosts around 3,000 rare bird species in many shapes and sizes

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Sadiq Khan says Government is ‘pulling the curtain down’ on London arts scene

The Mayor warned that 10 per cent of London’s arts organisations are at risk of leaving the city altogether

The Independent UK

Manchester’s new arts venue to be named Aviva Studios

The insurance giant has obtained naming rights for the major cultural destination which will open later this year.

Bristol Post

City council spent more on Bristol Beacon than building homes or schools last year, accounts show

Bristol City Council has written off £93million so far on the concert hall refurbishment

The Independent UK

London Assembly objects to push to move English National Opera

Arts Council England previously announced plans to remove the English National Opera because it is a national portfolio organisation.

The Guardian - UK

Changes to arts funding are always divisive – we were right to focus on access for all

We’ve faced criticism for investing in areas outside London, but people around England told us they wanted to experience culture close to home, says Arts Council England chair Nicholas Serota

Manchester Evening News

New home for Oldham Coliseum company confirmed as bosses promise 'modern and sustainable' venue

The theatre company has announced it will be the anchor tenant for the new space opening in 2026

The Guardian - UK

Violin virtuoso joins ‘real battle’ to save classical music from UK funding cuts

Soloist Nicola Benedetti has added her voice to those speaking up for a genre now facing severe financial constraints

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