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The Latest Breaking News from Arts Council England

Oldham Coliseum bosses say historic theatre will be shutting its doors for good

The historic theatre has said they are looking to close the theatre next month

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Hitting the brakes

New plan to reduce speed limit on Manchester’s roads PLUS How the ‘Mozarmy’ is saving a city centre pub

Manchester Evening News

Historic Manchester pub says Morrissey fans are keeping it open against 'knife-edge fight' to survive and £26k tax bill

The Star and Garter is facing a battle with huge monthly overheads and an "unexpected" tax bill

Manchester Evening News

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Vicky Featherstone to step down as artistic director of Royal Court

Featherstone is latest high-profile figure to leave a major theatre in recent months

The Guardian - UK

Oldham Coliseum will go dark due to 100% Arts Council England funding cut

All events from late March cancelled at the theatre, which is in a priority location for the government’s Levelling Up fund

The Guardian - UK

Oldham Coliseum to cancel upcoming shows amid funding crisis

After being dropped from the Arts Council England portfolio the survival of the iconic venue is in doubt

Manchester Evening News

Met uncertain about producing Richard Jones' Ring Cycle

The Met Opera will not start a new production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in 2025 and is not sure whether it will move ahead with plans to present a staging of the tetralogy by director Richard Jones

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English National Opera to receive £11.46m from Arts Council England

Investment will sustain its work in London for another year after ENO was removed from ACE’s national portfolio

The Guardian - UK

'Huge blow' for Glyndebourne sees 2023 tour cancelled after annual funding slashed by 50%

The Glyndebourne tour would have seen hundreds of children singing with the Glyndebourne Chorus, workshops in care homes and chamber music recitals in universities - which will no longer happen this year

Wales Online

Glyndebourne cancels 2023 tour after cuts to its public funding

The tour would have visited Liverpool, Canterbury, Norwich and Milton Keynes.

The Independent UK

Glyndebourne cancels 2023 tour programme after funding cuts

Opera company lost more than half its funding after Arts Council England sought to divert money to underserved regions

The Guardian - UK

Nadine Dorries hits out at Arts Council England over cuts to opera funding

The former culture secretary said the arms-length body was trying to reverse levelling up.

The Independent UK

Watch a trailer for Echoes of the North, a new film about life as it was 100 years ago

Echoes of the North combines archive footage with a stunning soundtrack to take viewers on an emotional journey back in time

Chronicle Live

ENO needs London home, opera star says amid rumours of a rethink on funding cut

Sir John Tomlinson wades into row over cut to English National Opera’s grant as signs indicate Arts Council may review decision

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Cultural coverage needs levelling up to support regional theatre

Letters: Theatre companies outside London aren’t getting the attention they deserve, says Julia Sowerbutts

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on cuts in theatre funding: a threat to playwriting

Editorial: In an industry drained of state support, who will dare to take a risk on new plays? The loss will be felt not only in London, but across the country

The Guardian - UK

Transferring arts funding from London to the regions can be life-changing

Letter: Graham Young of Northern Heartlands says that new funding for his organisation will help many in ex-mining and remote rural communities

The Guardian - UK

Grand plans to level up have produced results – great art venues levelled to the ground

Under Arts Council England, the ‘win-win’ agenda has proved a losing one for some of the UK’s valued cultural organisations

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The Guardian - UK

Tamara Rojo wades into bitter row over London arts funding

English National Ballet’s artistic director decries Arts Council England move to divert money from capital

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham says English National Opera doesn't deserve to come to Manchester if it thinks the city's full of heathens

Mayor attacks 'outdated' attitudes after outcry over potential move out of London

The Guardian - UK

We’re not all heathens in Manchester, Andy Burnham tells ENO

Mayor of Greater Manchester steps into row over opera company’s mooted move to outside London

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Inside Arts Council England’s devastating cuts

In today’s newsletter: As enraged arts workers protest, we explore what the new world might look like for our cultural institutions – and why even opera haters should care about the fate of English National Opera

The Guardian - UK

Arts funding cuts ‘cultural vandalism’, says Juliet Stevenson, at DCMS protest

Actor joins demonstration over plans to slash £50m from arts bodies in London as part of levelling-up agenda

Birmingham Post

Welsh National Opera forced to pull performances in England after funding cut

It has seen a £2.2m funding reduction from Arts Council England.

Birmingham Post

Nottingham Castle Trust goes into liquidation 18 months after £30m restoration

The tourist attraction has faced issues since reopening in the summer of 2021

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