Visionary Honours

The Visionary Honours 2020 shortlist – at a glance

By Emily Jupp | 20th February 2020 | 5449 0

Art, Community, Documentary, Film, Literature, Music, News, Social Media, Television, Theatre, Visionary Honours

Visionary Honours 2020 shortlist announcement

By Emily Jupp | 19th February 2020 | 829 0

Art, Film, Music, Theatre

Vault Festival 2020: 14 fantastic shows to book now

By Daisy Bowie-Sell | 27th January 2020 | 191 0

Community

National Youth Theatre awarded £2m from Mayor of London grant

By Emily Jupp | 20th January 2020 | 172 0

Community, Theatre

Modupe Salu on queer female friendship and The Girl with Glitter in her Eye at The Bunker

By Emily Jupp | 17th January 2020 | 191 0

Community, Theatre

Athena Stevens on disabled rights in new show Scrounger and putting language to trauma

By Athena Stevens | 6th January 2020 | 444 0

Theatre

Q&A with director Anastasia Osei-Kuffour about knife crime play Seeds

By Emily Jupp | 4th January 2020 | 480 0

Theatre

15 Social impact theatre shows to book in 2020

By Daisy Bowie-Sell | 31st December 2019 | 289 0

Literature

Here are just 10 of the Outstanding YA Books from 2019 written by people of colour, there are many others too

By Shade Lapite | 23rd December 2019 | 115 0

Art, Community, Documentary, Film, Literature, Music, Theatre

Climate Change: Plays, books, films and music tackling the environmental crisis

By Emily Jupp | 6th December 2019 | 274 0

Film

Black Books Club: The Illuminae Files – You can get away with murder in space

By Shade Lapite | 29th November 2019 | 184 0

Art, Community, Film

Eight things to do at the Together! 2019 Disability History Month Festival

By Ju Gosling | 22nd November 2019 | 244 0

Theatre

Eve Leigh: ‘I created a virtual body to bring a very private experience to the public’

By Eve Leigh | 12th November 2019 | 589 0

Literature, Television

Black History Month: Your reading list for 2019

By Shade Lapite | 29th October 2019 | 252 0

Theatre

Anna Jordan: ‘The decline in pub culture shows a decline in our communities’

By Anna Jordan | 15th October 2019 | 289 0

Theatre

Polly Wiseman on ‘Femme Fatale’ and why we need a feminist manifesto for 2019

By Polly Wiseman | 3rd October 2019 | 302 0

Art, Community

Stella Duffy: ‘Here’s why we need to stop ’empowering’ people’

By Stella Duffy | 30th September 2019 | 4752 0

Film, Music

The BFI Musical film season: why we need musicals now more than ever

By Emily Jupp | 10th September 2019 | 1496 0

Theatre

Spotlight on… Fleabag producer Francesca Moody

By Emily Jupp | 15th August 2019 | 175 0

Theatre

Spotlight on… Gillian Dean: ‘Disability discrimination is a far bigger issue in society than non-disabled people realise’

By Emily Jupp | 3rd August 2019 | 1130 0

Theatre

12 top shows with a social impact to see at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

By Daisy Bowie-Sell | 29th July 2019 | 567 0

Literature

Black books club: My Sister the Serial Killer

By Shade Lapite | 14th July 2019 | 264 0

Art, Theatre

Tim Cowbury: ‘The UK’s asylum system is broken’

By Tim Cowbury | 13th July 2019 | 404 0

Theatre

Spotlight on… Mika Johnson on exploring masculinity and lesbianism for Black womxn: ‘I want the next generation of queer kids to know that we’ve always been here’

By Mika Johnson | 12th July 2019 | 469 0

Literature

Black Books Club: ‘High-Rise Mystery’ by Sharna Jackson – Meet the crime world’s newest detectives

By Shade Lapite | 13th June 2019 | 336 0

News

Michelle Obama and Barack Obama to make exclusive podcast series on Spotify

By Emily Jupp | 7th June 2019 | 309 0

Literature, News

Stormzy announces winners of his #Merky books prize – ‘A lot of talented people don’t fulfil their potential but you guys had the confidence to do it’

By Emily Jupp | 7th June 2019 | 270 0

Theatre

Spotlight on… Sarah Kosar

By Emily Jupp | 31st May 2019 | 455 0

Film, Music

Rapper and actor Kema Sikazwe on I, Daniel Blake and new musical Shine

By Emily Jupp | 24th May 2019 | 433 0

Community, Music, Theatre

How to… become a world-famous cabaret star by Bernie Dieter

By Bernie Dieter | 29th April 2019 | 280 0

Literature

Spotlight on… Nikesh Shukla

By Shade Lapite | 7th April 2019 | 285 0

Theatre

Black books club: ‘Midnight Robber’ by Nalo Hopkinson

By Shade Lapite | 27th March 2019 | 325 0

Theatre

Last Word Theatre presents disabled-led new writing event ‘Access Platform’

By Emily Jupp | 11th March 2019 | 312 0

Music, News

International Women’s Day: UN campaign celebrates achievements of ‘impossible to ignore’ women with international campaign

By Emily Jupp | 8th March 2019 | 606 0

Literature

International Women’s Day: Spotlight on… NK Jemisin

By Shade Lapite | 7th March 2019 | 285 0

Community, Theatre

Sherine Chalhie: ‘I aim to explore stories about people from all backgrounds and cultures’

By Sherine Chalhie | 27th February 2019 | 506 0

Community, Theatre

Drag King Lucy Jane Parkinson / LoUis CYfer on starring in Jon Brittain’s Rotterdam: ‘We have removed the shackles from defining what is an entertaining narrative’

By Emily Jupp | 25th February 2019 | 677 0

Community, Film, Literature, Theatre

A fertile concept: Fertility Fest 2019 highlights

By Emily Jupp | 19th February 2019 | 375 0

Music, Television

The Lovin’ Spoonful: An interview with Diverse Music Solutions founder Spoonface

By Alexandra Boyd | 16th February 2019 | 541 0

Community, Documentary, Film, Literature, Music, News, Social Media, Television, Theatre, Visionary Honours

The winners of the 2019 Visionary Honours Awards

By Emily Jupp | 11th February 2019 | 1195 0

Music

Nile Rodgers announced as curator of Meltdown 2019 at London’s Southbank Centre

By Emily Jupp | 11th February 2019 | 7377 0

Theatre

Tonderai Munyevu: ‘We need to see people of colour in period plays because we exist, we always have’

By Tonderai Munyevu | 7th February 2019 | 1555 0

Theatre

Park Theatre announces new BAME initiative: The Prism Project

By Emily Jupp | 6th February 2019 | 288 0

Film, News, Television, Theatre

Will Meghan Markle help create more diversity in the arts?

By Emily Jupp | 31st January 2019 | 300 0

Film, News

Where are the women at the old white men’s Oscar’s club?

By Alexandra Boyd | 30th January 2019 | 313 0

Theatre

Vault Festival co-founder Mat Burt: ‘Vault is a mix of the ridiculously silly with the poignant and breathtaking’

By Emily Jupp | 25th January 2019 | 472 0

Film

While women are becoming more visible in film and TV we still have a long road ahead to reach equality

By Alexandra Boyd | 19th January 2019 | 345 0

Community, Visionary Honours

NOMINATIONS: Community person of the year

By Emily Jupp | 16th January 2019 | 10948 0

Community, Visionary Honours

NOMINATIONS: Most inspiring person of the year

By Emily Jupp | 16th January 2019 | 412 0

Social Media, Visionary Honours

NOMINATIONS: Podcast/media show of the year

By Emily Jupp | 16th January 2019 | 391 0

Theatre, Visionary Honours

NOMINATIONS: Play/musical of the year

By Emily Jupp | 16th January 2019 | 338 0

Television, Visionary Honours

NOMINATIONS: TV show of the year

By Emily Jupp | 16th January 2019 | 343 0

Literature, Visionary Honours

NOMINATIONS: Book of the year

By Emily Jupp | 16th January 2019 | 1868 0

Music, Visionary Honours

NOMINATIONS: Song of the year

By Emily Jupp | 16th January 2019 | 348 0

Documentary, Visionary Honours

NOMINATIONS: Documentary of the year

By Emily Jupp | 16th January 2019 | 507 0

Film, Visionary Honours

NOMINATIONS: Film of the year

By Emily Jupp | 16th January 2019 | 392 0

Theatre

The top five social impact theatre shows of 2018

By Daisy Bowie-Sell | 10th January 2019 | 302 0

Community, Theatre

So many people still feel Shakespeare isn’t for them – I want that to change

By Mary Swan | 9th January 2019 | 394 0

Community, Film, News

How is the new Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse film getting young people interested in digital jobs?

By Alex McNamara | 5th January 2019 | 458 0

Community, Social Media, Theatre

The good, the bad and the ugly: How to cope with reviews

By Vinay Patel | 3rd January 2019 | 273 0

Community, Theatre

Thank you Hamilton for showing us why arts with a social impact are a good investment

By Laura Callanan | 2nd January 2019 | 247 0

Community

Class: The last taboo of modern culture

By Chris Jury | 28th December 2018 | 600 0

Community, Film, Music, Theatre

New report showcases arts and cultural sector’s impact in fighting climate change

By Emily Jupp | 27th December 2018 | 809 0

Theatre

Madeline Gould: Do we need more ‘evil women’ in theatre?

By Madeline Gould | 21st December 2018 | 566 0

Literature

Crowdfunding for diversity: The publisher promoting BAME children’s books

By Emily Jupp | 20th December 2018 | 396 0

Theatre

debbie tucker green: Ear for Eye and the element of surprise

By Adrian Grant | 21st November 2018 | 353 0

Film

Captain Marvel: First trailer for female-led superhero movie launched

By Adrian Grant | 21st November 2018 | 278 0

Television

Is Doctor Who finally getting it right on race?

By Martin Belam | 21st November 2018 | 289 0

Community

Five top tips on breaking into the entertainment industry

By Janay Harris | 19th November 2018 | 265 0

Film

Five top tips for aspiring actors

By Janay Harris | 19th November 2018 | 260 0

Television

Five top tips on how to become a TV presenter

By Janay Harris | 19th November 2018 | 297 0

Literature

How to write a novel – tips for getting started

By Janay Harris | 19th November 2018 | 242 0

Music

Four ways to succeed in the music industry for beginners

By Janay Harris | 19th November 2018 | 261 0

Theatre

So you want to be a theatre director? Here’s how to get started

By Janay Harris | 19th November 2018 | 428 0