The three-year Surf the Wave project, run by Pavilion Dance South West, has announced the artists participating in its UK Dance Showcase, a culmination of the first 18 months of the programme. The event takes place on 16–19 May 2019.
The showcase is targeting programmers who are interested in presenting dance in unusual cultural spaces, whether thats in art galleries and museums, as well as at festivals or venues.
The Department for International Trade is running a series of roadshows in different UK cities and are inviting companies to join them to learn about how to get involved in December's Business of Design Week in Hong Kong.
BODW will be an opportunity for ready-to-export companies who are involved in small manufacturing, architecture, experience economy, creative and design sectors to name a few, interested in attending the Business of Design Week from 2–7 December 2019.
The UK Government's annual presence at SXSW begins on Friday 8 March with the UK Advertising and Interactive Mission Reception at the British Music Embassy. The reception will include a live performance by blues, folk and indie duo Ferris & Sylvester and synth-led electro-pop band FEMME.
On 28th February, London's iconic Camden Market will host its first boxing themed wellness day - centred around promoting Positive Mental Health through Sport.
This February, Camden Market’s North Yard will host its first ever pop up boxing ring as it presents a FREE interactive Wellness Day centred around mindfulness and raising awareness of the beneficial effects that exercise can have on mental health.
In mid-January 2019, British Council launched the first edition of SPARK: The Science and Art of Creativity festival, taking place at Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts in Hong Kong.
SPARK celebrates creativity across the arts, sciences and education, and offers a platform for cultural exchange between the UK and Hong Kong. With more than 30 events over three days and over 50 creative and education partners from the UK and Hong Kong, SPARK provided a series of interactive experiences, provocative performances, stimulating talks and other innovative happenings.
Jeremy Wright, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), spoke about the "calling card" of creativity at the Creative Industries Federation International Summit on 9 October 2018.
Among the praise he gave were statistics on UK recording artists acounting for 8 of the top 10 artist albums in 2017, UK film earning a sixth of total film revenue worldwide and being the largest publisher of physical books in the world.
The Brighton Digital Festival, taking place 13 September–13 October 2018, is seeking events to join its programme. Anyone organising an event, that has "meaningful engagement with digital culture", can submit it to the festival programme.
It is free to register. Submit your event. There are instructions on what is needed to submit, including a video guide.
Hothouse is a Crafts Council Talent and Business Development Programme that supports talented makers at the start of their career.
For centuries theatres have adapted to the challenges of changing political and economic circumstances. The last ten years of austerity and funding cuts have proved just such a challenge. In spite of this, very few theatres are shutting their doors. Theatres are developing new business models and working creatively to generate revenue and to fund the essential capital investment needed to renew our theatre infrastructure. The future of the theatre sector relies on this continued investment; no theatre building can stand still.
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Matt Hancock, addressed audiences at Createch 2018 on Tuesday 12 June during London Tech Week.
He paid tribute to the strength of the UK's creative industries comparing the "one per cent of the world's population" with its overwhelming output which includes three of the six most visited museums and galleries in the world, the three highest-grossing films of 2017 shot at British studios and eight of the ten bestselling albums of last year were by UK artists.
