Nevill Holt Opera has been forced to review its 2023 programme due to poor ticket sales. The arts festival, which is held at Nevill Holt Hall (pictured) in Leicestershire in the UK, revealed that its performances of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci and Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi will be cancelled. “Due to the extremely challenging circumstances facing …
Adelaide Fringe sells one million tickets in record-breaking year
Adelaide Fringe 2023 has announced a record-breaking year with one million tickets sold. It is also the first festival in Australia to sell one million tickets. Organisers announced that the festival hit the one million ticket mark at 10:01pm on the final night of the event, and that a total of 1,000,916 tickets were sold. …
Creative businesses in Belgium to benefit from additional EU financing options
The European Investment Fund (EIF) is providing investment fund ST’ART with access to the InvestEU guarantee facility. This means that ST’ART will be able to launch new products and offer up to €24m (£21m/$25m) worth of financing to cultural and creative businesses in Wallonia and Brussels, in Belgium, over the next three years. The aim …
Cultural organisations go live with new Indigo Share: Subscription package
Indigo, a consultancy focused on the cultural sector, has announced that the first cultural organisations have gone live with the new Indigo Share: Subscription package. Indigo Share is a collective approach to audience insight and launched in January this year. The package continues efforts led by Indigo since March 2020, including the ‘After the Interval’ …
Creative Scotland launches two new funds
Creative Scotland has launched two new funds, supported by the National Lottery, as part of its efforts to reshape its funding approach. The two funds are the refreshed National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations and the new time-limited National Lottery Extended Programme Fund. Creative Scotland said that these funds have been designed for organisations that …
US arts organisations witness steep decline in subscription sales – study
JCA Arts Marketing, a division of consulting firm Jacob Consulting Applications (JCA), has recently revealed through a study of audience behaviour in the US that subscription sales for arts organisations have fallen sharply. The division aids arts and cultural organisations in utilising data to grow audiences and revenue, and its recent study has shown that …
Royal Opera House cuts ties with BP
The Royal Opera House (pictured) has ended its long-term sponsorship relationship with British oil and gas company, BP. The relationship had spanned more than three decades, with BP acting as a sponsor of the Royal Opera House since 1988. A spokesperson told the Guardian in a statement: “We are grateful to BP for their sponsorship …
Made Media and Easy-connect enter strategic partnership
Made Media and Easy-connect have entered into a strategic partnership to support cultural organisations in reaching new audiences and increasing revenue. London-headquartered Made Media works with cultural and creative organisations to create solutions that drive strategy, while Vienna-based Easy-connect works with arts institutions to digitise sales and communications channels. The partnership will enable Made to …
ENO and ACE reach funding agreement to plan for future
The English National Opera (ENO) has revealed that Arts Council England (ACE) has agreed to invest £11.46m (€13m/$14m) between April 2023 and March 2024, to sustain a programme of work at ENO’s current London home while starting to plan for a new base outside of the English capital by 2026. Further investment for 2024 through …
Data analysis shows live music audiences overtaking theatre
Data-driven consultancy Data Culture Change, in partnership with Campaign for the Arts, has analysed data from the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) which shows a slowdown in the upwards trajectory in post-pandemic arts attendances. In the three months from July to September 2022, the DCMS found that more adults in England …