The 2026 TownsWeb Archiving Digitisation Grant is now open, with 10 x £3,000 grants available.
For more information and to request your application form, please read their latest blog post here: blog.townswebarchiving.com/twa-digitisa...
*Please note that attendees with ‘Online only’ tickets will not be permitted entry to The National Archives. All in-person attendees must be pre-registered via Eventbrite. Please ensure that you have selected the correct ticket for your chosen attendance.
Tickets are now available for APAC’s annual Study Day on 11 May 2026!
Tickets are free for APAC members and £10 for non-members.
This event is hybrid* and will be held at the @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, Kew.
Tickets can be booked here: www.eventbrite.com/e/apac-study...
Voting is now open for APAC Trustees!
Voting will close 9am on Friday 17 April. The AGM is taking place online on Friday 17 April, 11am-1pm.
Please check your emails for details on how to vote & to register your attendance at the AGM. The AGM & voting are open only to members.
Tickets for our AGM on Friday 17 April 2026 are now available!
Please check your email for how to book your place. Please note that this event is for members only.
🎟️Book now for the APAC Study Day, 11 May 2026
Join us for APAC’s annual Study Day at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy on 11 May, 11am - 4pm.
Tickets are free for APAC members and £10 for non-members.
More info, schedule & tickets can be found here: www.eventbrite.com/e/apac-study...
Wishing all our members and followers a very wonderful #WorldTheatreDay! 🎭
APAC's book of the month 📖 is...'Curtains!!!, Or, A New Life for Old Theatres', by Iain Mackintosh (ed.)
The book explores the theme of reimagining and transforming old theatres into new and vibrant spaces. Currently out of print, but easily found online.
The latest addition to the V&A TheatreVoice archive of conversations with theatre practitioners is out now. The latest recording, with Ita O’Brien, can be found here:
www.theatrevoice.com/audio/ita-ob...
We’re recruiting! 📣
APAC is looking for up to 2 new Trustees to take on Membership Secretary and Treasurer roles (can be combined).
Help us manage membership records and finances.
Interested? Contact Robyn Greenwood by 6 April 2026: chair@performingartscollections.org.uk
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The UK annual Archive Sector Survey is now open!
Take part by 29 May 2026 and help us gather evidence that will support archives to advocate for their social and economic value:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... (1/4)
A hotel bill, for accommodation at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin for the nights of March 27th and 28th, 1953. Peter Pears Esq. and Benjamin Britten Esq. are recorded as sharing room 325. The bill also itemises other services: luncheon on the 27th, plus wines, and breakfast on the 28th. Six pounds, eight shillings and fivepence is carried forward from a previous bill (Britten and Pears were on tour and had stayed in the same hotel about a week before). The total of the bill is eight pounds, ten shillings and eightpence.
A bill for eight pounds, two shillings and sixpence, dated March 28th 1953, from Huet Motors in Dublin presented to Benjamin Britten. At the bottom is an Eire twopenny stamp with a signature over it, indicating that the bill has been paid. The works on the car were to overhaul the distributor, check for fumes and fit a new flexible petrol pipe, and to check the wheel alignment and balance the wheels; in addition, there is the purchase of 18 gallons of petrol and a pint of Castrol oil.
For St Patrick's Day, here are some more snippets from Britten and Pears' financial receipts: it's 1953 and they're on tour in Ireland, staying in the Shelbourne in Dublin (where they share a room) and, a leitmotiv of their travels, having car trouble.
Applications open for @uknatarcsector.bsky.social Archives Revealed cataloguing and consortium grants!
Grants, worth up to £150000 are available. Deadline for both grants is 30 April 2026.
Find out more through the Archives Revealed website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev...
Two new additional recordings have been added to the V&A's TheatreVoice archive and are available to listen online: www.theatrevoice.com/audio/
PhD funding news!
@ucl
Dept of Information Studies &
@britishlibrary
have announced a fully-funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentship, 'Rediscovering a Woman Collector at the BL: New Sources and Perspectives on Sarah Sophia Banks'. The deadline for applications is 14 April 26 🧵
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Here’s our weekly slate of upcoming events with spaces still available!
These events cover our open grant schemes, heritage science, community engagement, carbon literacy and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Book now to avoid disappointment!
📣📡 Calling all #archives with collections of #audiovisual recordings of performance or rehearsals! We need your help! With a *very* short and friendly survey: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/aud... 📽️📼🎭🪩 @apac-ssn.bsky.social 🙏
JOB ALERT 🚨
The Victoria and Albert Museum are looking to recruit a Curator of Dance.
More information & how to apply can be found here: vam.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
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Applications are now open for @theatreresearch.bsky.social's research & practitioner research & development grants. Available grants range from £100 to £600.
More info can be found here: www.str.org.uk/grants-prize... & www.str.org.uk/grants-prize...
SIBMAS will be hosting its next symposium in Reykjavik from 8 – 10 June 2026. You can find out more about the event here: www.sibmas.org/conference/r...
If you have any questions about the symposium, please contact info@sibmas.org
We can't wait to hear your ideas! 🤹♀️
Find out more about the #WomenInCircus Symposium on Wednesday 5 August 2026: tinyurl.com/WomenInCircu...
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Committee Board opportunity!
SIBMAS are looking for Board members, inc. the role of Membership Secretary.
If you are considering joining the ExComm or this role specifically, please email them at info@sibmas.org
Head over to their site for more info: www.sibmas.org
The Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts & Humanities is inviting applications for the Collaboration and Innovation Grant.
Funding of up to £10,000 is available.
For details on how to apply and for more information head to: engagementpractice.org
Our membership prices for everyone are now:
Institution: £40
Individual: £25
Student: £10
If you would like to discuss Membership in more detail, or are struggling to pay, please contact us at: membership@performingartscollections.org.uk
Great news for all our London members! 🎉
The APAC Board of Trustees has decided to reduce membership fees for all London-based members going forward to bring them in line with those outside of London.
@beinghumanfest.bsky.social have launched their 2026 funding grants! Open to researchers at universities & research orgs across the UK, to collaborate with local community & partners to create exciting public engagement projects.
For more info, head to: www.beinghumanfestival.org/get-involved
