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Tag Archives: arts
Did the Culture Recovery Fund actually work?
Yes, on the whole – if you’re a large institution… Read my full Telegraph report here
Posted in Art, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged art, arts, covid, culture recovery fund, freelance, freelancer, freelancers make theatre work, funding, government, jazz, jazz club, london, music, pandemic, paule constable, play, royal albert hall, telegraph, theatre, west end
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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s vaccine joy: ‘Phantom will return in June’
Today’s news about the UK approving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is a hugely positive step for the theatre industry, believes Andrew Lloyd Webber. “Of course, I’m slightly biased towards the Oxford vaccine, since I’ve been on that myself – and had no side effects whatsoever. … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrew lloyd webber, arts, BioNTech, carrie hope fletcher, cinderella, covid, culture, interview, london palladium, musical theatre, musicals, opening, oxford vaccine, pfizer, phantom, telegraph, the phantom of the opera, theatre, trial, vaccine, west end
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‘The vaccine is a start, but it’s not a magic wand’
Is the very welcome news that the Pfizer vaccine could be available next week, following UK approval, the light at the end of a long tunnel for the decimated arts industry? A swift vaccine roll-out might mean that venues could reopen earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged arts, audience, capacity, classical music, concert, covid, culture, interview, John Gilhooly, london, music, musician, pfizer, telegraph, tier system, vaccine, wigmore hall
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Arts leaders have barely heard from Oliver Dowden – how did he find time to watch The Crown?
The government’s new tiers system is wreaking havoc on the theatre industry. And what is Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden’s major priority? Picking a fight with Netflix over labelling The Crown a work of fiction. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged arts, funding, government, netflix, oliver dowden, telegraph, the crown, tv
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‘No notice, no proper details’: the little bookshop fearing a second lockdown
“We feared a second lockdown might happen, but we wanted it earlier,” says Jonathan Main, owner of independent Bookseller Crow on the Hill in London’s Crystal Palace. “Locking down again during our second-busiest sales month of the year? Bad news.” … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged arts, book, books, bookshop, boris johnson, christmas, closed, cookbooks, crow on the hill, crystal palace, emily st john mandel, government, high street, interview, jonathan main, lockdown, lockdown 2, london, novel, pandemic, publisher, publishing, reading, sales, second lockdown, shop, station eleven, telegraph
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Public cash for billionaires? The questions hanging over Oliver Dowden’s Cultural Recovery Fund
This week saw some succour for the arts. The award of £257 million in grants to British organisations has finally been announced. This money will come from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, and it’s designed to tide businesses over … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged art, arts, arts council, boris johnson, comedy, coronavirus, culture, David Ross, dcms, freelancer, freelancers, Frog and Bucket, funding, funds, government, grant, grants, img artists, london palladium, mission mars, money, music, nevill holt opera, oliver dowden, pandemic, Paradigm Agency, reopening, rescue fund, rescue package, secret cinema, select committee, social distancing, telegraph, theatre, west end, wigmore hall
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The government’s attitude to Fatima and the arts will put them on the wrong side of history – they just don’t know it yet
The latest tone-deaf salvo from our government to the creative sector is a CyberFirst campaign (belatedly removed after an outcry), one part of which depicts a ballet dancer called Fatima. The text reads: “Fatima’s next job could be in cyber (she just doesn’t know it … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged ad, advert, advertisement, arts, ballet, ballet dancer, campaign, culture, cyber, cyber first, dance, dancer, dancing, dido harding, economy, fatima, funding, government, independent, industry, oliver dowden, pandemic, rescue package, retrain, test and trace, theatre
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Theatre in crisis: ‘British culture is world-beating – why leave us behind?’
The Government’s new jobs plan has been met with despair – and fury – from many in the arts world. “Theatre has been viable for thousands of years,” points out leading producer Sonia Friedman. “Yesterday’s announcement from the Chancellor that our industry is … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged arts, chancellor, culture, equity, funding, furlough, jez bond, job loss, jobs, julian bird, orange tree theatre, park theatre, paul miller, Rishi Sunak, royal court, sonia friedman, the telegraph, theatre, vicky featherstone
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UK arts leaders in despair: ‘By the time we’re allowed to reopen, we may be too decimated to do so’
Just weeks ago, Oliver Dowden announced Operation Sleeping Beauty – the panto-styled aim to get our beleaguered cultural venues refilling by Christmas. But, following the Prime Minister’s unveiling of strict new Covid-19 guidelines, it now looks like the sector will be left … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged arts, chancellor, coronavirus, covid 19, freelance, freelancer, funding, furlough, government, oliver dowden, Rishi Sunak, self employment scheme, telegraph, theatre
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The Last Five Years, The Other Palace Digital
A musical featuring two people who are physically separated? Jason Robert Brown’s work is a shutdown natural – as this new digital theatre version demonstrates. Lauren Samuels and Danny Becker, who play doomed lovers Cathy and Jamie, recorded their parts entirely in isolation, with Samuels (previously … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actress, arts, coronavirus, danny becker, digital, jason robert brown, Lauren Samuels, love, marriage, musical, online, relationship, review, social distancing, streaming, the last five years, the other palace, theartsdesk, theatre, writer
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