Arts policy
Reading and Leeds festival set to go ahead this year in boost for live music
Organisers say young people are desperate for freedom – but admit they haven’t yet been able to get insurance
Alexandra Topping
24, Feb, 2021 @7:48 PM
Freddie Opoku-Addaie: 'Dance festivals capture the imagination'
The new artistic director of Dance Umbrella is the first black artist to hold the post. He plans to call time on tick-box diversity – and use the pandemic to remodel his industry
Lyndsey Winship
18, Feb, 2021 @11:07 AM
Get creative to help artists through pandemic | Letters
Letters: David Cockayne points to how other European countries are supporting workers in the performing arts, while Joe Hallgarten suggests a plan to help children who are isolated through art
Letters
09, Feb, 2021 @6:12 PM
James Graham reveals Covid crisis accelerated Elton John musical collaboration
Writer says singer’s cancelled farewell tour resulted in ‘real progress’ on stage project
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
31, Dec, 2020 @1:12 PM
Arts bailout delay leaves jobs at risk in UK and theatres on brink of ruin
‘Complexity and volume of applications’ stalls hand-out of £1.57bn pledged in July
Vanessa Thorpe Arts and media correspondent
04, Oct, 2020 @10:00 AM
Rishi Sunak's winter economy plan will silence the UK music scene
The successor to the furlough scheme is not fit for a sector still unable to open its doors due to social distancing and curfews – it needs targeted support now
Ed Barker
25, Sep, 2020 @3:30 PM
The Guardian view on culture policy: yet another shambles | Editorial
Editorial: While arts organisations invent ingenious new ways to work, the government’s only creativity is in finding novel means of spreading chaos
Editorial
19, Aug, 2020 @5:41 PM
UK 'risks exodus of talent' from creative sector due to coronavirus
Warning venues will struggle despite restrictions easing amid calls for more government support
Kate Proctor Political correspondent
19, Aug, 2020 @3:16 PM
Cameron Mackintosh's theatre firms to make more than 850 people redundant
Union Bectu said 185 jobs will go at Cameron Mackintosh Ltd and 669 at Delfont Mackintosh
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
17, Aug, 2020 @6:33 PM
Giant elephants and Hull naked: we can't let Covid kill off mass cultural gatherings
From the Olympics opening to a three-storey elephant and Hull unclothed, mass events have blown standard notions of art away. The UK government admits the health risks are low – so why won’t it back them?
Helen Marriage
17, Aug, 2020 @10:58 AM
Cameron Mackintosh makes about 200 UK theatre staff redundant
Les Misérables producer latest to announce job losses as industry struggles to weather Covid-19
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
16, Aug, 2020 @3:05 PM
The Guardian view on arts in a pandemic: harness their power | Editorial
Editorial: The situation for cultural organisations and artists is dire, and yet they have the skills and the appetite to help Britain heal
Editorial
09, Aug, 2020 @5:25 PM
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