Wednesday, August 15, 2018
UK Theatre’s sales data has been widely interpreted as a symptom of an ailing industry, but David Brownlee says the figures are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMMonday, November 20, 2017
Seasonal shows have a reputation for providing a much-needed boost to theatres’ income. David Brownlee analyses UK Theatre’s annual data to assess
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMThursday, May 25, 2017
Far from being the ‘icing on the cake’, National Lottery money is a vital source of revenue for theatre companies. But which
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With the UK Theatre Touring Symposium coming up on March 23, I thought it would be a good time to explore some
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In what was for many not the greatest of years, a notable high point of 2016 for me was Arts Council England’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, December 15, 2016
From the most popular paperbacks to the bestselling singles (I may be showing my age here), the charts tell us more about
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, November 24, 2016
As the offspring of immigrants and a first generation Brit, I never really got my head around pantomime as a child. It
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I was surprised to learn recently that ‘sunset’ can be used as a verb, at least in the US. Americans for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, September 22, 2016
The National Campaign for the Arts is to launch a new website I’ve been helping to develop. One of the NCA’s board
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, August 25, 2016
There’s been a lot of talk, and at times fury, in recent years in the arts sector at the imbalance of funding
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, May 5, 2016
How are we feeling as a sector? Optimistic about the opportunities ahead for theatre? Worried about current pressures and long-term trends? Do
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, April 14, 2016
Who invests more in the arts in England: local authorities or Arts Council England? Peter Bazalgette, chair of ACE, says local authorities
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, March 17, 2016
In December last year, I wrote in these pages about the cumulative changes in levels of income and expenditure of Arts Council
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, December 17, 2015
Last week, I compared the aggregate 2009/10 figures for income by theatre organisations (both venue and non-venue based) to recently released figures
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, December 10, 2015
Many years ago, when I first started working for Arts Council England, a theatre manager quizzed me on what happened to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMWednesday, November 4, 2015
Not long after I started at the Theatrical Management Association (now UK Theatre), president Rachel Tackley shared her ‘statistics envy’: London theatre
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