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unusual facts about Arts Council England


Birmingham Youth Theatre

The company was funded by Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Arts for the purpose of giving 16 to 23 year olds from the wider local community access to drama and the theatre arts.


Africa Beyond

Africa Beyond is a project celebrating African arts and culture in the UK, supported by Arts Council England, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the British Museum, the Southbank Centre, iniva (Institute for International Visual Arts) and other partners.

Catholicon Anglicum

However on a recommendation made by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA), administered by Arts Council England, an export ban has been placed on the book by culture minister Ed Vaizey.

Hush the Many

Arts Council England subsequently funded two headline tours, and the band has also toured as support with Ed Harcourt, Fields and Clayhill.

James Hooton

Our Style Is Legendary is set for a second run at the Nottingham Playhouse in May 2012, sponsored by LeftLion and co-funded by Arts Council England.

Penned in the Margins

Penned in the Margins has worked in partnership with a range of organisations in literature and the arts, including Arts Council England, Poetry Society, Poetry London, Free Word Centre, Resonance FM, Jewish Book Week, London Borough of Ealing, Writers’ Centre Norwich, Spread the Word and Salt Publishing.

The Unthanks with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band

In a project commissioned by the Durham International Festival of Brass and supported by Arts Council England, and starting with concerts at Durham Cathedral and at London's Barbican Hall, The Unthanks began a UK tour in July 2011 with the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, performing new brass arrangements of songs from all four Unthanks albums, as well as new material.

Zoe Mendelson

Also in 2007, Mendelson received an Arts Council England Grant for the Arts to create a work called Scheherezade's Sideboard which has since been shown at Transition Gallery, London and Galerie Edouard Manet, Gennevilliers.


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