Features
Worse in the west
If you think arts funding is bad on the mainland then you should hear what Arts Council Northern Ireland has…
Telling stories: Pamela Marre
Storyteller Pamela Marre has always been surrounded by her Jewish family stories and began working with them in experimental theatre…
Ying String Quartet in Tod Machover’s '…but not simpler…'
The spring concert season has brought two intriguing examples of enterprising ensembles intent on exploding these preset expectations and inviting…
Call me Shorty
The movie script that changed my life wasn’t Howard Koch’s Casablanca. And it wasn’t Charlie Kaufman’s Adaptation. Neither was it…
Does this man have the best job in the arts world?
As the Manchester International Festival gets set to change the face of the arts with two weeks of world premieres…
Below the belt
The Government's proposed changes to work permit legislation could be the final nail in the coffin of goodwill between artists…
Make a Play: Colin Ford CBE on how to be influential in the arts
Colin Ford is a prominent figure in the UK’s art world. With a long career behind him and a CBE…
A reason for gratitude and hope
Everett Quinton, star alumnus and artistic director of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company, shares stories from his early days as an…
The New Greek and Roman Galleries at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
The new Greek and Roman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are the triumphant result of 15 years of…
Telling it like it is: producing documentaries
Long gone are the days when documentaries were perceived as fusty, tired and boring. The popularity of feature length documentary…