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UK venues to host French performing artists in six-month festival

UK venues to host French performing artists in six-month festival

UK venues including Sadler’s Wells, Leicester’s Curve and the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh are to take part in the first ever major season showcasing French performing arts companies in Britain. The initiative has been led by the French Embassy in London, which has supported the project with £200,000 in administration costs. Arts Council England has [...]

January 9, 2009 | By | 1 Reply More
Cowley Road Carnival ‘at risk’

Cowley Road Carnival ‘at risk’

THE team behind Oxford’s Cowley Road Carnival has issued a “use or lose it” warning as the economic slowdown threatens to affect the county’s biggest free public event. New organisers are at the helm of this year’s carnival, but have admitted they may struggle to match last July’s show, which attracted a record 35,000 people. [...]

January 7, 2009 | By | Reply More