“We are prepared to take our fair share of the pain associated with the Coalition’s financial policies.” We don’t know who Chris Monks AD of Stephen Joseph Theatre is, we’re sure he’s a nice guy and all that but the quote made above in response to the cuts being proposed by North Yorkshire County Council […]
Here in TheLab™ we have been mulling for a week or so about whether or not to write this piece. We have to do it every year and, to be honest, it’s getting old. We are of course referring to the National Dance Awards. These awards are presented by The Critics Circle (TCC), pretty soon […]
Both before and after the government suits decided that funding the arts was not such a good idea after all, many an ignorant cretin was to be heard decrying artists as those looking for nothing more than a handout. Free money for freeloaders if you will. A word often bandied about was “entitlement”. Yes it’s […]
In a fit of pique Arts Council England (ACE) has decided, against all reasonable measures of sanity, to award Rambert Dance Company £7Million toward the cost of their new building in London. The same funding organisation that cut all RFO funding by 6.9% because that was the quick and easy option has apparently found millions […]
Should you choose to remember 2010 for anything, as far as the arts are concerned, then it should probably be for the brutal hatchet job meted out by the coalition government on all things artistic and creative. Not only did Arts Council England (ACE) take a beating but cuts to local authorities are already starting […]
“We Double Your Donation” yells the large banner headline at the top of the Big Give website, a fund raising push financed by the Reed Foundation to raise money for various charities across the UK. Sounds good, you donate money to a charity and this other charity doubles that amount. So far so magnanimous. The […]
Candoco Dance Company took to the road once again this past April with their new touring triple bill entitled ‘Renditions’ with continued touring ever since. As triple bills go this is about an eclectic mix as you are likely to find in the wacky world of dance. Featuring ‘In Translation’ from Israeli dancesmith Emanuel Gat, […]
Arts funding, it’s fair to everybody, as long as you know the right people of course!
Quite a lot of dance work in this cold and often unpleasant land, takes place not in the warm confines of the theatre but in the harsh outdoors. ‘ A Fool’s Journey’ created by Footwerk is one such piece of dance. Created by dance maker Helen Parlor, alongside writer Sally Annette the work takes a […]
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