Liverpool Everyman loses £2.4m funding for redevelopment project
Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre has lost out on £2.4 million of capital funding for its redevelopment project after North West Development Agency announced that it is cutting all non-contracted financial support.
The money would have contributed to the £28 million cost of the “new Everyman”. The venue is also working with Arts Council England, Liverpool Vision, the Mersey Partnership and Liverpool City Council on the project.
Executive director of the Everyman and Playhouse Deborah Aydon said: “We had been notified of this prior to [the] press announcement, and we are working in a very positive spirit with our other partners and stakeholders [… ] to make sure that this does not affect the momentum or the quality of the Everyman redevelopment.
“All our partners remain fully committed to the strategic importance of this project, which is now at an advanced stage and is scheduled to go on site in 2011.”
The NWDA must save £52 million from its budget for this year, following cuts from government.
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