Performing Arts

Live Comedy Day: Without the open mic comedy circuit, there'd be no Last One Laughing
Comedy

Live Comedy Day: Without the open mic comedy circuit, there'd be no Last One Laughing

Live comedy generates more than £1 billion for the UK economy each year, yet it still isn’t recognised as an art form
Queer people must be visible in the face of division, says drag legend Jonny Woo
Culture

Queer people must be visible in the face of division, says drag legend Jonny Woo

Life is more sparkly having a sister with Down's syndrome
Sophie and Emily Potter
Emily Potter and Sophie Potter

Life is more sparkly having a sister with Down's syndrome

Self Esteem and Julie Hesmondhalgh on self-doubt, sisterhood and fighting back in dark times
Exclusive

Self Esteem and Julie Hesmondhalgh on self-doubt, sisterhood and fighting back in dark times

Plea to save UK's grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: 'We'll all be poorer for it'
Grassroots music venues

Plea to save UK's grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: 'We'll all be poorer for it'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'There's a war against buskers': Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
Busking

'There's a war against buskers': Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk

Laura Mvula: 'I don't know if I'd be a singer without my family'
Laura Mvula recording her rendition of Paul Simon's 'I Know What I Know' for John Lewis. Image: John Lewis
Music

Laura Mvula: 'I don't know if I'd be a singer without my family'

Choreographer Oona Doherty asked young people about UK's 'good, bad and ugly'. This is what they said
Dance

Choreographer Oona Doherty asked young people about UK's 'good, bad and ugly'. This is what they said

How world's first drag troupe with Down's syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities
Learning Disability Week 2024

How world's first drag troupe with Down's syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities

Artist Ray Young: 'Our government is threatening disabled people's rights – there's no compassion'
Theatre

Artist Ray Young: 'Our government is threatening disabled people's rights – there's no compassion'

The arts overtake agriculture as a UK economic power – but cuts continue
orchestra
Art

The arts overtake agriculture as a UK economic power – but cuts continue