SOLT & UK Theatre welcome Arts Council England’s response to The State of Touring and its recognition that large parts of the touring ecology are now under serious strain, particularly at small and mid-scale venues, and in smaller towns and cities. We also welcome Arts Council’s commitment to develop a new Touring Service, building on the Incentivising Touring mo...

Commenting on the announcement that Government has granted funding to theatres, and other cultural venues, as part of its Arts Everywhere Fund, SOLT & UK Theatre Co-CEO Claire Walker said: 

“This is a welcome investment in theatre buildings across the country, and a clear recognition of their cultural, economic, and civic value.

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SOLT & UK Theatre Co-CEOs Claire Walker and Hannah Essex have been appointed as members of Creative UK’s UK Council. Jen Burrows, Head of Organisational Strategy at Birmingham Hippodrome; ...

The Society of London Theatre & UK Theatre welcome the Government’s intention to exclude certain charitable memberships from the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA), and its clarification that compliance with consumer law does not in itself prevent Gift Aid claims.

Hannah Essex, Co-CEO of SOLT & UK Theatre, said:

SOLT & UK Theatre welcome the publication of the Audience Agency’s ‘Valuing Creative and Cultural R&D and Innovation‘, which powerfully demonstrates the economic and cultural value generated when creative risk, research and in...