Performing Arts

Self Esteem and Julie Hesmondhalgh on self-doubt, sisterhood and fighting back in dark times
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Self Esteem and Julie Hesmondhalgh on self-doubt, sisterhood and fighting back in dark times

The pop star and actor sit with a cup of tea to put the world to rights

Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’
Grassroots music venues

Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’

Nearly a quarter of the UK’s grassroots music venues required  ’emergency’ support to help them stay open over the past year

‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
Busking

‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk

Street performers face licensing nightmares, threatening their art and our public spaces. Advocates are calling for the protection of buskers to keep the streets alive

Laura Mvula: ‘I don’t know if I’d be a singer without my family’
Music

Laura Mvula: ‘I don’t know if I’d be a singer without my family’

Choreographer Oona Doherty asked young people about UK’s ‘good, bad and ugly’. This is what they said
Dance

Choreographer Oona Doherty asked young people about UK’s ‘good, bad and ugly’. This is what they said

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How world’s first drag troupe with Down’s syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities
Learning Disability Week 2024

How world’s first drag troupe with Down’s syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities

Artist Ray Young: ‘Our government is threatening disabled people’s rights – there’s no compassion’
Theatre

Artist Ray Young: ‘Our government is threatening disabled people’s rights – there’s no compassion’

The arts overtake agriculture as a UK economic power – but cuts continue
Art

The arts overtake agriculture as a UK economic power – but cuts continue