UK theatre company Gillian Banks Creative Productions has canceled its DREAMGIRLS production after rights holders pulled permission over the predominantly white principal cast. Rights now explicitly require Black performers for the lead roles to honor the show's Black music history roots. 🔗 onstageblog.com/onstage-blog…

Introducing our new Strategic Framework: it sets out how we will make it easier for applicants and partners to work with us, as we start work developing a new longer-term strategy later this year.

📢Registration open! Renegotiating Borders in & beyond South Asia 📍Durham University 📅18–19 June 2026 2 days of crossdisciplinary conversations on borders, mobility, coloniality, environment & migration with scholars, artists creative practitioners. #SouthAsia #Borders

Nearly 4 in 10 British adults have poor financial literacy. Today, we’re publishing major new research into financial literacy in the UK and what we can do to improve it in schools and beyond. Too many people are navigating saving, borrowing and planning for the future without the confidence or knowledge they need, and many associate numbers with anxiety rather than opportunity. The report also found several striking gaps between groups, including women consistently underperforming men on financial literacy across every age group. We’ve got to fix that. thetimes.com/money/family-fi…

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We've commissioned new research exploring career progression routes in South Asian dance and highlighting opportunities to strengthen support for artists and freelancers across the sector. Read the research> bit.ly/4f1PU Image credit: Sonia Sabri Company

Our latest update from UK Asian Film Festival, final weekend. Thrilled to get a few minutes with Muzaffar Ali, filmmaker behind the #Bollywood classic #UmraoJaan - tribute to #ashabhosle #UKAsianFilmFestival #UKAFF @ukasianfilmfest (closing May 10) youtu.be/e0C2zimZ0vw?si=VsJ0…

📢 Opportunity Leicester-based NPO, Aakash Odedra Company are seeking a Chair of the Board. The role will involve supporting the strategic direction of this internationally recognised dance company & helping shape its future growth. Find out more 👇 buff.ly/xaGL12q

Marking the opening & closing ceremonies of @ukasianfilmfest at London’s @BFI Ghost School Q&A with Seemab Gul
Shadowbox Q&A with Tillotama Shome Celebrating Asian cinema & global storytelling in the UK

The arts belong to everyone – not just the privileged few A reformed Arts Council England will make sure every community, in every corner of the country, can see their stories reflected in the national culture 🔗 Read the full response here: gov.uk/government/publicatio…

Today we’ve published our Response to the Independent Review of Arts Council England. It sets out the actions we’ll take to address your feedback and the recommendations outlined in the Review. Read our full Response 👇 bit.ly/4rZ6Zt0

If we are serious about change, we must back the right people with the right values, give them authority, resources and long-term commitment. britishfuture.org/from-diwal…

£1.5 BILLION investment will keep the doors open at thousands of museums, libraries, arts venues, theatres and galleries across the UK The funding will support capital projects and preserve the institutions that help tell our national story and bring communities together gov.uk/government/news/gover…

Are you an artist or arts organisation with expertise working with young people in digital, visual or performing arts? Worcestershire-based ReNEW will be looking for 3 major commissions (May 26-Autumn 27) Applications open soon. Register for updates👇 buff.ly/TMNeEmw

Thank you to @lisanandy and @DCMS for publishing the Independent Review of the Arts Council today, and to Baroness Margaret Hodge and team for conducting the Review. Read the Review: buff.ly/5rqvntF And find our initial response here: buff.ly/zPisSAk

📢 Big news: The national curriculum review is here! We're proud to have contributed to Professor Becky Francis’ report, which recognises the vital role of creativity in every child’s education. 🎨

It's Shah Rukh Khan month (when is it not?), and so I explored Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om for my flashback column in the THR November magazine (now on stands): hollywoodreporterindia.com/f…