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‘We’re on the margins of viability’
Bristol Old Vic artistic director, Tom Morris, talks to Eleanor Turney
Ed Vaizey – ‘Crisis? What arts crisis?’
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has claimed that it is “rubbish” to say that the arts are in crisis, insisting they are in “rude health”. Speaking at the Local Government Association Conference this week, his speech…
Headlines of the week, from Chichester to Trafalgar Studios via the Arts Council’s new Big(gest) Brother
What’s been in the news over the last week? Evidence for English theatre’s apparent downsizing, the Arts Council’s new Bi(gest) Brother interviewed, Chichester’s new season, a (not-so) fond farewell to the Old Vic Tunnels and…
Letters of the week
Ed Vaizey on public funding, views on Savile enquiry, patronising children, penguin casting and faces from the past
Ed Vaizey rejects arts funding criticism
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has defended the coalition government’s record on arts funding, following a series of scathing attacks from leading theatre industry figures. In a letter to The Stage, Vaizey challenges claims of “alleged…
Government hosts Downing Street reception to celebrate British theatre
Culture minister Ed Vaizey and Frances Osborne, wife of chancellor George Osborne, hosted a reception to “celebrate British theatre” at No 11 Downing Street this week. Leading figures from the theatre industry including Andrew Lloyd…
Cultural landmark events from Rent to Bond and Butterworth
The ‘water cooler’ moment – where everyone talks about the same thing the next morning in offices after watching things simultaneously on TV – doesn’t happen too often nowadays in our multi-channel, multi-tasking world. But…
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre granted grade II listing
Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre has been granted grade II-listed status by the government. The venue, named after the locally-based actress who helped found it, was designed and built between 1963 and 1965 by John Brownrigg…
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