Performing Arts
Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’
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
‘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’
Laura Mvula: ‘I don’t know if I’d be a singer without my family’
Laura Mvula recently released a charity single with John Lewis, with proceeds going towards care-experienced people unlocking their potential. She speaks to the Big Issue about her journey into the arts, and the importance of a support network
Choreographer Oona Doherty asked young people about UK’s ‘good, bad and ugly’. This is what they said
Choreographer Oona Doherty asked young people about UK’s ‘good, bad and ugly’. This is what they said
How world’s first drag troupe with Down’s syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities
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’
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
