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 Dance
• Cheshire East Arts Services Developing and promoting the arts in Cheshire
• Cheshire Theatre Guild Uniting local and youth theatre across Cheshire
• Clonter Opera Theatre
• Crewe Lyceum Theatre
• Storyhouse Theatre, cinema and library in Chester

Fine arts

• Art UK Art for enjoyment, learning and research
• BBC Arts Lists principal UK museums and galleries and provides links to useful arts websites
• 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

• 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

• BBC Music Festivals, events, performances and programmes
• BBC Sounds Music and podcasts
• 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

Theatre

• Official London Theatre site 
• The Stage
• Whatsonstage.com Listings, reviews, searchable by region

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

• British Film Institute
• Indiewire Covers independent cinema, the films and people
• NW Film Archive Home of the moving image heritage of the North West
• Silents Are Golden Information about silent movies and their stars

Photography

• British Institute of Professional Photography Find a qualified photographer
• Royal Photographic Society

Page last reviewed: 18 March 2024