AvatarAnnette Clancy19 hours ago‘I’ve been spat at’: half of UK theatre staff consider quitting over audience behaviourverified_publisherThe Guardian - Tom AmbroseUK theatre staff have been attacked, sexually harassed and abused by drunken audience members during performances, a new survey has revealed. Front of house staff facing violent assaults, theatregoers urinating in fire exits and mass brawls breaking out in auditoriums were among the incidents …
AvatarAnnette Clancy1 day agoMost chorus members would quit if ENO leaves London, survey suggestsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondentMost chorus members at the English National Opera (ENO) would be forced to leave their jobs if the company relocates outside London, because of ties that include children at school, caring responsibilities, and partners with jobs in the capital. More than two-thirds would leave the profession …
AvatarAnnette Clancy6 days agoIreland Asks, What if Artists Had a Guaranteed Basic Income?verified_publisherThe New York Times - Alex MarshallIan Fay had toiled for years to make it as a comic book artist and illustrator, and last fall, he was ready to call it a day. Fay, 32, who lives in Kilkenny in southern Ireland and specializes in drawing muscly superheroes, was only earning enough money to pay his bills, he recalled recently. He …
AvatarAnnette Clancy4 days agoLondon theatres may lock up audiences’ phones after illicit James Norton photosverified_publisherThe Guardian - Amelia HillTheatre audiences in London’s West End could be made to lock up their phones to prevent illicit images of actors being taken during performances. The suggestion comes after naked photos of James Norton on stage in A Little Life were published on MailOnline. The images were quickly taken down after …
AvatarAnnette Clancy6 days agoBritain’s art institutions face death by a thousand cuts. Why are they just putting up with it?verified_publisherThe Guardian - Charlotte HigginsIn the 1960s, two American psychologists coined the phrase “learned helplessness”. They had found that if you repeatedly gave an animal an electric shock from which there was no means of escape, the unfortunate creature would simply lie there and whimper – even if you later changed the parameters, …
AvatarAnnette Clancy‘The stuff was illegally dug up’: New York’s Met Museum sees reputation erode over collection practicesverified_publisherThe Guardian - Spencer Woodman, Malia Politzer, Delphine Reuter and Namrata SharmaIn the village of Bungmati, Nepal, above an ancient spring, stand two stone shrines and a temple. On the side of one of those shrines is a large hole where a statue of Shreedhar Vishnu, the Hindu protector god, used to be. Carved by master artisans nearly a thousand years ago, the sandstone relic …
