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In today’s newsletter: As enraged arts workers protest, we explore what the new world might look like for our cultural institutions – and why even opera haters should care about the fate of English National Opera

Randel Bryan says his adoped city of Manchester is 'the place where things happen'

News that English National Opera could be moving to Manchester has met with anguish in the national press. They're out of touch

Review of prison-set drama One Off which is having its premiere run at Live Theatre in Newcastle until November 26

Letters: The dominance of London-based productions excludes them from most of those who do not live in in the city, says Clive Richards. And Raf Orlowski argues against operas in car parks

In our final set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding round, we speak to Ballet Black, Disability Arts Online and Camden Art Centre

In our third set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding round, we hear from Eclipse theatre in Leeds, Oldham Coliseum and Bloodaxe Books

Funding boost is welcomed but the region is trailing behind others with the lowest investment increase outside London, says The North East Culture Partnership which pushes for further investment in local arts

The soprano on starring in an opera adaptation of the much-loved film, being at the ENO when its funding was cut and what it feels like on stage when audiences boo

The English National Opera is a strange beast. On one level, it is the second opera house to glitzy Covent Garden, where the musical cognoscenti, wealthy, and government ministers hover to ensure a credible mix of high culture and intentions in (a few) cheap seats. English National Opera has more…

The arguments given by Arts Council England ignore all the good work we do – it should think again, says ENO chief executive Stuart Murphy