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News this week that the Arts Council has settled a legal challenge to its authority has revived hopes that the theatre will reopen.

Staff at the Midlands Arts Centre (mac) in Birmingham are appealing for support for their petition to retain their jobs.

This week the Derby Playhouse has been dealt a further blow to its chances of survival.

Staff employed at the Midlands Arts Centre (mac) in Birmingham are to launch a campaign to save their jobs.

BECTU has warned that 5,000 new training opportunities in the cultural industries should not undermine existing jobs.

Tameside Hippodrome staff face an anxious few weeks as Live Nation and the local Council lock horns over the theatre’s future.

The Exeter Northcott and the Bristol Old Vic are just two theatres which came out winners in the recent battle over arts funding.

The Derby Playhouse closed its doors for the second time in as many months on Saturday 2 February.

Contrary to recent reports BECTU has not reached agreement with the National Theatre over Sunday performances.

BECTU has backed an industry letter to the Culture Minister expressing “grave concerns” over Arts Council theatre funding cuts.

Despite an extra £50m available for the arts, Arts Council England has announced funding proposals that could force many theatres to close.

Chief Executive Karen Hebden has asked everyone “who cares about live theatre” to support the campaign to save Derby’s theatre.

In new twist in the fate for the Derby Playhouse, the theatre has now re-opened two weeks before Christmas with a skeleton staff.

Four weeks before Christmas 60 staff at Derby Playhouse have been told the theatre is in administration and they no longer have jobs.