At the end of June, Brighton venue The Basement will be hosting a workshop from the seminal New York-based performance company Elevator Repair Service. Scheduled as the first in a series of workshops by leading international performers and...
Now in its eighth year and taking place once again in Liverpool, Physical Fest is an international festival of physical theatre that combines a rich programme of workshops (in movement, mime, martial arts, clown, etcetera) with a showcase of new...
Not to be confused with mac Birmingham, The MAC – Belfast is a newly opened multidisciplinary arts venue with two theatres, three art galleries, one dance studio, three education and workshop rooms, four offices for resident arts groups, one cafe...
A collaborative initiative led by the Live Art Development Agency, the DIY series presents opportunities for those working in live art to conceive and run unusual training and professional development projects for other artists.
Today sees the (soft) launch of The Space, a collaboration between ACE and the BBC to create a pop-up online platform for digital cultural experiences. The site runs from 1 May until the end of October, and over that time will present work from 53...
Organised by XTRAX in partnership with PANeK and the Royal Exchange Theatre, 'How to sell your work in Europe?' is a short seminar designed to support and encourage UK street artists to break into the European market. Led by two experts in the...
Arts Council England has announced approximately £114.6 million of capital grants, divided between 26 organisations, in the first round of its National Lottery capital investment programme.
Sue Morrison, an artist who has been teaching and directing clown for more than 30 years, will be holding a two-day workshop, An Introduction to Clown Through Mask, at the Centre for Science and Technology in Stroud 14 & 15 April 2012, 10.30am...
Forest Fringe begins the year with the announcement of two new projects: a microfestival in Lisbon and a guest stint curating work at the Gate in London.
Lyndie Wright, founder along with her late husband John Wright of the Little Angel Theatre, has been awarded an MBE as part of the Queen's New Year Honours.
Working at a the Little Angel and living in a nearby cottage since the theatre was founded...
Starting in January 2012, Bury Met and Shifting Sands Theatre will launch an exciting series of clown workshops – ten days spread over three weeks – to devise a new show, Love is Blind, that will then be performed for two nights in February in the...
Having relocated to Copenhagen, Denmark, the European Center of Butoh is offering a long seven-month dance/theatre workshop for dancers, actors and other artists as well as athletes beginning 2 October 2012.
Check out the syllabus here, and note...
Aimed at 'anyone interested in intergenerational community performance', Ages & Stages is a one-day conference organised by London Bubble Theatre Company:
Why make intergenerational community performance?
What are the challenges and the...
The Live Art Almanac is a print-on-demand publication produced by the Live Art Development Agency (London, UK) in partnership with Live Art UK, Performance Space 122 (New York, USA), Performance Space (Sydney, Australia), La Pocha Nostra (San...
ACE have now opened applications for their Strategic Touring Programme, a £45 million fund that 'aims to encourage collaboration between cultural organisations so more people across England experience and are inspired by the arts, particularly in...
For the 12th consecutive year, LUME will be opening the doors of its centre in Campinas, Brazil to welcome students from around the world for their February Workshop Session, a programme of training that invites participants to share the company’s...
Another Arts Council England initiative focusing on digital arts media, The Space is an experimental commissioning programme in partnership with the BBC.
Launching in May and running until the end of October 2012, this pop up service – available...
Applications are open for the 2013 OSBTTA, an award that gives research funding to two projects, then later picks one for a hefty grant in order to produce a new work as part of the Barbican's theatre programme – with the piece either showing in the...
The next DRIFT International Residency – an intensive residency programme run by Zecora Ura and Persis-Jade Maravala, the makers of Hotel Medea – will take place in Rio de Janeiro 12-22 January 2012.
Uninterrupted by the normal constraints of lack...
For very organised and forward-thinking theatre-goers, tickets are now available for World Stages London, a season of high-profile theatre events that'll take place in May 2012 and that involves a justice superleague of Battersea Arts Centre, Bush...
The project to build a new arts complex in Southampton's Guildhall Square (a central location at the top of a high street dominated by one of the largest shopping centres in the country) has taken a significant step forward: the buildings have...
Eight (mostly pretty uninspiring) projects have been announced as those being awarded funding from the Digital Research and Development Fund for Arts and Culture run by NESTA, Arts Council England and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC...
X.trax and ISAN are joining forces to present an Ideas Summit – sort of a trade fair for artists to present ideas and projects in the early stages of development to promoters – that will take place within ISAN's biennial conference, this year titled...
As part of the ongoing Giving into Gift project at Liverpool's Bluecoat there's a small commission for an artist to produce a piece of work on the subject of the (Really) Big Society:
An artist working in any medium is sought to create an artistic...
The 5th Biennial ISAN conference will take place 15 & 16 November 2011 at the Scottish Youth Theatre at The Old Sheriff’s Court in Glasgow, with a programme that mixes presentations, practical activity, debate, discussions and networking. Here...
