Staffing challenges are hitting every corner of the arts sector right now. Leaders are struggling to keep experienced people in critical roles; or to fill those roles at all.

Picture this: You’re in the waiting room at the emergency room. You’ve dramatically dislocated your shoulder whilst moving boxes of your upcoming season brochure (don’t ask).

In a time of rising costs and shifting audience behaviors, many organizations are relying on pricing strategies that haven’t kept pace with today’s realities.

Staffing is becoming one of the most urgent challenges in the arts sector today. Executive leaders across the field are navigating a shrinking labor pool, rising turnover, and persistent gaps in training. Many are doing more with less—fewer...

You don’t need a breaking news alert to sense it. Budgets tightening. Audiences hesitating. Funders pausing. The air is thick with uncertainty. And while the word “recession” hasn’t taken center stage (yet), it’s quietly regaining ground in...

When the cost of everything is rising—from lumber to lattes—it’s tempting to fight inflation with one blunt tool: raising ticket prices. But what if the key to growing revenue isn’t raising prices, but rethinking how we manage demand?

There’s no escaping it: financial pressure is tightening across the arts sector. From rising production costs to declining public funding, the squeeze is real, and it’s hitting just as many organizations are still rebuilding teams and reconnecting...

Mid-sized UK venues are doing more than ever; but not always earning more.

If You Want More Subscribers Next Year, Don’t Wait Until Next Year to Start That was the central message of our recent webinar, 2026 Subscription Success Starts Today. Led by Senior Consultant Kate Hagen, the session dug into what arts organizations...

What if pricing strategy, not audience demand, is what’s holding the UK performing arts sector back?