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Sterts Theatre closes two years after a £1m rebuild
A Cornish community theatre rebuilt with public money has gone into liquidation. Sadly, building it was never the hard part.
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The five-year funding round that will shape local culture
Applications open on 20th October. Almost no community group can apply, but the decisions will shape what your town gets to see until 2033.
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After a £4.5bn sale, ATG points marketing at tours, not venues
A restructure memo about "sharing learnings across venues" turns out to be about something more obvious: who gets credit for filling the seats.
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The £76.8m fund most small venues can't reach
£76.8m sounds like the answer to every leaking theatre roof in the country. Four weeks before the deadline, here is who can realistically apply.
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The ghost at the devolution feast has been given a chair
Culture made it into the Devolution Act after all. But competence is permission, not duty, and for most small venues the lease matters more than the grant ever did.
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Repayable grants return: who the 400-seat rule leaves out
The Arts Council has found a way to spend the same money twice. Whether any of those shows ever reach your town comes down to a single number buried in the eligibility rules.