Agenda item

Report of the Managing Director.

Members received a report of the Managing Director providing updates from the Barbican Directors on their respective areas.

The Managing Director provided a brief update on the position in respect of the Centre for Music, advising that discussions were taking place with Her Majesty’s Treasury, the Department for Culture Media and Sport, and Arts Council England about the terms and conditions relating to phase two.

The Director of Creative Learning also took the opportunity to advise that the Barbican’s new mobile booking system was now in place and had been very well received by users.

In response to a query around attendance figures at Royal Shakespeare Company productions, the Director of Arts undertook to provide an update on the figures at the next meeting.

RESOLVED: That the report be received and its content noted.