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RSSThe Stage: ACE proposes grants for commercial theatre
Arts Council England has unveiled proposals for a new “politician-proof” ten-year plan that would see a radical shake-up of its funding system, including allowing grant applications from the commercial theatre sector for the first time in decades.
Bristol Ferment
Welcome to Ferment at Bristol Old Vic – a mini explosion of work-in-progress showings from new and established theatre-makers working across a variety of different forms. Some of these ideas have been in development for a little while, for some the ink is still wet. All of them are at the beginnings of an exciting journey.
REMINDER – Temporary suspension to Grants for the arts applications
As previously announced, Arts Council England will suspend applications to its Grants for the arts programme for a period of six weeks between Monday 18 January and Friday 26 February.
This means that applications need to be submitted by 5pm on Friday 15 January to ensure decisions are made before the end of March.
Stage: New writing in subsidised theatre trebles over a decade
Subsidised theatre is hosting more than three times as much new writing as it was a decade ago, according to new research. According to the report, commissioned by Arts Council England and undertaken by the British Theatre Consortium to explore the impact of ACE’s £25 million funding boost for theatre in 2003, new work now makes up 47% of the repertoire in large subsidised theatres.
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