Anna James, Gold Arts Award completer, catches us up on what she's been up to since, including dancing, appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and taking a teaching degree! Anna's been busy! 

Are there enough Arts opportunities within English schools ?

Is sexism within the music industry completely overlooked and are we doing enough to inspire women to take part in the arts?

With just over six months to go until Brexit meets its deadline, growing concerns are accumulating in the creative sector. But what does a no-deal - or bad deal - Brexit mean for the UK's dance industry? 

'Don’t be afraid to ask people for help along the way and be persistent... If you want to carve out a career in the creative and cultural industries, then you will make it happen'

The importance of free, digital tools and literacy in the Arts & Heritage landscape to combat severe funding and curriculum cuts.

We catch up with Jessica from Formby High School about her experience of completing her Gold Arts Award in dance.

For a dance show held by a group of students, I was happily surprised by the quality of their show and I truly felt as though I was experiencing dances from "all around the world".

Imagine a sketch show doing a parody of a niche Fringe production, and this would be it. An excellent, entertaining hour of multitasking music and mythology. 

Anchor describes itself as ‘dance, physical theatre and circus’. The last descriptor perhaps applies, but not in an altogether flattering way.

Me and my Girl is currently running at Chichester Festival Theatre until 25th August 2018. Starring Matt Lucas, Caroline Quentine, Clive Rowe and Alex Young, it is a valuable piece of onstage magic, guaranteed to take the whole theatre on a roller-coaster of imagination, emotion and just plain fun!

A deceptively slow start aids the tension built up through an incredible show of dance, physical theatre & circus skills that at times meant the audience didn’t know whether to clap in amazement or stay silent in fear of breaking the concentration.