Performing Arts
Designing for the future
When young graphic design company Kerr|Noble was nominated by design bible 'Creative Review' for outstanding editorial design last year, founding…
Arts sector encouraged to keep arts safe
Over the past few years, public awareness about the need to increase the level of protection for children and vulnerable…
Remaining Lost - Part 2
Last week, the remains of some 300 Aborigines were ceremoniously handed over to the Ngarrindjeri people in South Australia -…
IOU's touring 'Tattoo'
Popular ideas and critical theories about "theatre" have changed a lot since 1976. But at that time, when a group…
Converting the 'next' market
After spending some months visiting major arts facilities across the globe on a Churchill Fellowship to study programming and marketing…
Graeae loses core funding
Graeae theatre stands to lose £60,000 a year in core funding, after the Association of London Government (ALG) ignored its…
Staging hip-hop
More than any other popular music genre, hip-hop has managed to survive against all odds, transcending cultural boundaries and even…
Making Trax
Manchester's culturally diverse music, theatre, dance and live art showcase, X-Trax, which has previously centred around a street festival, is…
Walking the plank and treading the boards
Salford Quays-based company Walk the Plank have created everything from the lantern spectacular for the closing ceremony of Manchester's Commonwealth…
Festival season gets a lift
The voices and views of children from the UK and as far afield as Palestine, Malaysia and Sierra Leone are…