1. Theatre:

• 300 professional theatres,

• London – centre of theatrical life; about 100 theatres: West End, suburbs,

• outside London – large towns have theatres hardly more than 3 theatres.

2. Public theatres; private theatres:

• touring companies,

• Arts Council of Great Britain:

• established in 1946,

• to improve knowledge, understanding and practice of arts,

• works through regional associations and committees.

3. Theatres and companies:

• The National Theatre Company – The National Theatre (Southbank centre),

• The Royal Shakespeare Company – Barbican Theatre,

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre,

• The English Stage Company – The Royal Court Theatre,

• companies providing theatre for children,

• The National Youth Theatre,

• Theatre-in Education,

• The Children’s Theatre,

• training in drama – Royal Academy in Dramatic Art.

4. Music:

• orchestras: BBC, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Scottish National, City of Birmingham,

• famous concert halls: The Royal Festival Hall, The Royal Albert Hall,

• opera: The Royal Opera Company, The English National Opera Company, Scottish Opera Company, Welsh National Opera Company,

• The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden – opera and ballet,

• Ballet: The Royal Ballet, The Ballet Rambert, Scottish Ballet.

5. Festivals – music and theatre:

• International Festival of Music and Drama – Edinburgh – in August,

• International Folk and Jazz Festival – Edinburgh – in August,

• The Three Choirs Festival – Gloucester, Worcester, Hereford – in August,

• The Llangolen International Music Eisteddfod – in August,

• Promenade Season – London – July to September,

• Bath, Brighton, Aldeburgh,

• training: The Royal Academy of Music.

6. Visual Arts:

• The Arts Council, The Crafts Council, The National Heritage Memorial Fund:

• museums: The British Museum, The Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, The Science Museum, The National Museum of Scotland, The National Museum of Wales,

• galleries: The National Gallery, The Tate Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery, The National Gallery of Scotland, The National Gallery of Wales, The Queen’s Gallery, The Royal Armouries,

• open air museums,

• living museums: The Gladstone Pottery Museum,

• training: The Royal College of Art.