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Aerial view of the Parc de la Villette in Paris, the Grande Halle at its centre
Photo: Stephane Cantin / Dronepixlr
Photo: Stephane Cantin / Dronepixlr
FRANCERESIDENCYCLOSES 20 OCTOBERCLOSES 20 OCT
ATELIERS MÉDICISLA VILLETTEARTIST RESIDENCIESONDA

A free two-day forum at La Villette asks what residencies in communities are for, and registration closes 20 October

Round tables on solidarity and social justice, a study of artists placed in non-arts institutions, and an update on the ministry's residency framework.

5 OCTOBER 2026READ MORE →
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Someone on a headset writing in a prompt book under a desk lamp in a dark booth
Open Jar Institute
Open Jar Institute
UNITED KINGDOMRESEARCH & STUDY
STAGE MANAGEMENTMENTAL HEALTHBURNOUTACTORS' TRUSTTHE CONVERSATION

A third of stage managers report high anxiety, and 85% were lonely in the past year

An Adelaide lecturer makes the case for the job that never takes a bow, with British and American numbers behind it.

5 OCTOBER 2026READ MORE →
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Arts Centre Melbourne workers on strike outside Hamer Hall at night, holding placards
Photo: MEAA
Photo: MEAA
AUSTRALIAPOLITICS
ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNEMEAAENTERPRISE AGREEMENTGENDER AFFIRMATION LEAVESTAGE CREW

Arts Centre Melbourne workers accept 13% over three years, after two strikes against a 3% offer

A one-off $4,350, gender affirmation leave, and backstage crew who had not walked out in decades.

5 OCTOBER 2026READ MORE →
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A performer in a grey suit leaning forward into tall grass, their head wrapped in a long stretched fabric sleeve that runs off the left edge of the frame
Photo: Augustin Le Gall
Photo: Augustin Le Gall
FRANCEEDUCATIONCLOSES 15 JANUARYCLOSES 15 JAN
FAI-ARPROMOTION 12CITÉ DES ARTS DE LA RUEARTS DE LA RUEMASTER 2 AMU

FAI-AR is recruiting fourteen apprentices for 2027 to 2029, and the concours closes on 15 January

Circassien·ne is on the list of profiles it wants. C1 French is a prerequisite, and the university fee is 272 euros a year at the European rate, 3,950 at the other one.

28 SEPTEMBER 2026READ MORE →
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A Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec announcement card, navy blue, with the CALQ logo and the French headline Ajustements aux programmes pour les organismes beside a pale green circle
CANADAGRANTOLD FORMS CLOSE 1 DEC
CALQRECHERCHE PRODUCTION REPRISEPROGRAMMATION SPÉCIFIQUEQUÉBECARTS DU CIRQUE

CALQ makes its pandemic research funding permanent on 10 November, and cuts Programmation spécifique to two application dates a year

Arts du cirque is a named discipline in both programmes. Neither is open to an individual artist, and one of them stops being open whenever you are ready.

28 SEPTEMBER 2026READ MORE →
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An architect's render of the future Latitude 50 hall in Marchin, a tall timber-clad building with the Latitude 50 name in red across its upper wall, beside a dark block marked Ecole Cirque Marchin
Latitude 50
Latitude 50
BELGIUMRESIDENCY
LATITUDE 50LA ROTONDEPROJET PARENTALITÉMARCHINARTIST PARENTS

Latitude 50 is rebuilding a dismantled Mouscron house in Marchin as residency housing for artists with children

Four bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen and a living room, behind the big top. It was first announced to open in September 2024.

28 SEPTEMBER 2026READ MORE →
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The corner of the French Ministry of Culture building in Paris, its glass facade wrapped in a white metal lattice, the tricolore flying from the roofline against a blue sky
FRANCEPOLITICS
DÉCRET D'ANNULATIONPROGRAMME 131 CRÉATIONJOURNAL OFFICIELDEPSMJC

France cancels 25.3 million euros of 2026 culture credits by decree, and the Création programme loses 5.8 million

Signed on 10 September, published the next day. Not a proposal, not a negotiation, and four programmes carry it.

28 SEPTEMBER 2026READ MORE →
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The Katapult building in Berlin Oberschöneweide, its brick facade painted with a large geometric mural in pale blue, peach and black, with white double doors at the centre
Katapult
Katapult
GERMANYCOMMUNITY
KATAPULT BERLINKULTURRAUM-KONTINGENTEOBERSCHÖNEWEIDEPRODUCTION SPACEKATAPULT KABARET

Katapult closes at the end of December, after ten years of running an artist-led circus space in Berlin

The programme that paid for the room ended, and one-year funding did the rest. The last Katapult Kabaret is 9 and 10 October.

28 SEPTEMBER 2026READ MORE →
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Aurora Dini hanging by one hand from an aerial hoop against a black background
Artist: Daniel Kvašňovský. Photo: Loïc Réau
Artist: Aurora Dini
FRANCEPERFORMANCE
CIRCUSNEXTRÉVÉLATIONS 2026MAISON DES ARTS DE CRÉTEILEMERGING CIRCUSMAQUETTE

circusnext names its four 2026 laureates, and all four show work in Créteil on 23 and 24 September

Rope and hula hoop, equilibrium, juggling, aerial hoop and contortion. Four maquettes a night, picked from ten finalists, 10 euros in.

21 SEPTEMBER 2026READ MORE →
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Lætitia Bernard seated at two microphones in a Radio France studio, wearing tinted glasses and a white jumper
Lætitia Bernard
Lætitia Bernard
FRANCERESEARCH & STUDY
HANDICAPEMPLOI CULTURELLÆTITIA BERNARDINTERMITTENCEARTCENA

France's first report on disabled people's access to cultural jobs puts intermittents at 1 to 1.5 percent

17 recommendations, three sets of numbers that count different groups, and a direct ask for political will.

21 SEPTEMBER 2026READ MORE →
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