Arts information

We think you will find the following links useful, but please note that Cheshire East Council accepts no responsibility for external sites or their contents.

Arts in Cheshire

• Cheshire East Arts Services Developing and promoting the arts in Cheshire

Fine arts

• Artcyclopedia Encyclopedia covering famous painters, sculptors and photographers
• Art UK Art for enjoyment, learning and research
• BBC Arts Lists principal UK museums and galleries and provides links to useful arts websites
• British Arts Comprehensive listing of Arts in the UK, including British artists, UK galleries, art holidays/courses, events, art services
• British Art Festivals Association Covers the widest span of arts festivals in the UK including music, dance, the visual arts, theatre, film, comedy and street arts
• National Art Library Situated in the Victoria & Albert Museum
• National Gallery
• Olga’s Gallery Over 10,000 works of art. Provides artists, country and art movement indexes

Performing arts

Dance

• Cheshire Dance
• Company Chameleon Original, inspiring dance theatre based in Manchester
• Dance Consortia North West
• One Dance UK
• The Royal Ballet
• UK Dance Network Peer support network for dance organisations

Music and spoken word

• All about Jazz
• BBC Music Festivals, events, performances and programmes
• BBC Sounds Music and podcasts
• Clonter Opera Theatre
• Gramophone Classical music
• The Living Tradition Site for folk music
• NME.com Rock music
• Operabase Opera listings & festivals
• That's Country Site for country music
• The Royal Opera House
• This Day In Music Record of 10,000 musical facts
• UK podcasts Lists the most popular British podcasts and where you can listen to them
• World Music Central Site for world music

Theatre

• Cheshire Theatre Guild Uniting local and youth theatre across Cheshire
• Crewe Lyceum Theatre
• Knutsford Little Theatre
• Mid Cheshire Youth Theatre
• Official London Theatre site 
• Samuel French Theatre booklists, London productions, etc.
• Storyhouse Theatre, cinema and library in Chester
• The Lowry
• The Stage
• UK Theatre Network Information for both actors and fans
• Whatsonstage.com Listings, reviews, searchable by region
• Wilmslow Green Room Society

Visual arts

Architecture

• Architecture.com Royal Institute of British Architects
• Arcspace Covers prominent architects, exhibitions, architectural images and design hotels
• English Heritage Promotes England's historic environment, conducting research, conservation and offering learning and resources
• Images of England English Heritage National Monuments Record
• The National Trust Conservation of historic houses, gardens, parks, open spaces and wildlife

Film and cinema

• BAFTAs (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)
• British Film Institute
• BIFA British Independent film awards
• Indiewire Covers independent cinema, the films and people
• Inside Film Worldwide film festival directory
• Internet Movie Database Largest and most popular film encyclopedia on the internet
• NW Film Archive Home of the moving image heritage of the North West
• Open Culture movies Over 4,000 free movies, including greta classics, westerns, film noir, indies, and documentaries
• Silents Are Golden Information about silent movies and their stars

Photography

• British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies
• British Institute of Professional Photography Find a qualified photographer
• Royal Photographic Society

Page last reviewed: 13 October 2023