Nicholas Serota News

Leading women in theatre, including Jude Kelly and Lesley Gannon, met with Arts Council England to conclude a five-year research project on gender equality.

Manchester’s landmark new cultural venue, Aviva Studios, the permanent home of Factory International, officially opens today (18 October 2023) with the world premiere of Free Your Mind, a large-scale immersive performance based on The Matrix.

The ENO will receive an extra grant of £24m from April 2024 to March 2026 and more time to leave London, Arts Council England (ACE) has announced.

Sir Nicolas Serota has defended the decisions made after the Arts Council England announced its 2022 funding decisions on Friday (4 November).

Bristol Old Vic has been offered £1.25m annually for the next three years as part of Arts Council England's investment programme for 2023 - 2026. 

The Genesis Foundation has announced the second of their Genesis Conversations will take place in partnership with Bristol Old Vic at the theatre's historic venue this November.

Hundreds of cultural organisations have received a share of the final £35 million emergency support package from the Culture Recovery Fund, to help overcome the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport via Arts Council England, Gatsby Charitable Foundation and the Backstage Trust have led a campaign for donations to the Theatre Artists Fund over the past 48 hours, alongside other major benefactors and trusts.

Nine new, tour-ready, performance works are to be presented in a range of digital settings, alongside seven new projects, supported as part of a 'residency' programme, which enables artists to play with new performance ideas across a range of formats and genres.

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden announced that the final £300 million of the Government’s record-breaking £2 billion Culture Recovery Fund will support organisations in need of urgent funding.

Thames Festival Trust in London has received a grant of £59,562 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and continue through these difficult times.

More than £300 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations across the country including ArtReach in the latest round of support from the Culture Recovery Fund, the Culture Secretary announced today.

Riverside Studios has received a grant of £425,000 from the Government's £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the newly completed redevelopment centre recover and reopen. 

Arts charity Culture Warrington has received a grant of £78,302 from the government's £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen.  

The Turbine Theatre will receive a further grant from the second round of the Government's Culture Recovery Fund.

Deafinitely Theatre is to receive a £25,097 grant in the second round of Arts Council England's Cultural Recovery Fund.

Darlington Hippodrome is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund.

The 2021 Association of British Orchestras Conference is to take place online from Wednesday to Friday (10-12 March), hosted in partnership with Classic FM, Help Musicians, Classical Music and the British Council, and featuring speakers and panellists including Caroline Dinenage MP, Minister of State for Digital & Culture and Sir Nicholas Serota, Chair, Arts Council England.

The annual Association of British Orchestras Conference, the UK's leading classical music forum, will take place online from Wednesday 10 March – Friday 12 March.

Bella Bevan exposes the ongoing devastation occurring in the UK’s once booming theatre industry, and breaks down why these jobs are viable and why the country needs this kind of work.