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Our theatres must not be soft targets
To mark the launch of The Stage’s My Theatre Matters! campaign, Samuel West explains why regional venues are vital to the wider economy
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The Stage, the Theatrical Management Association and Equity launch My Theatre Matters!, a nationwide campaign to support local theatres
Visiting companies critical of management of Brewhouse closure
Visiting companies have criticised the handling of the closure of the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton, claiming they have been left in the dark and are owed thousands of pounds. The Brewhouse went into administration last…
Labour: lack of DCMS strategy is “deeply worrying”
Shadow culture minister, Labour MP Dan Jarvis, calls on the government to rethink its arts policies. Last week, the extent of the damage being done to the arts was voiced by senior figures within the…
Newcastle venues at risk from cuts ‘madness’, warns Theatre Royal chief
Theatre Royal Newcastle chief executive Philip Bernays has warned that a planned 100% cut to its local council funding will have a knock-on effect on the kind of work it programmes. Newcastle City Council has…
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…
Danny Boyle joins artistic directors to warn of “serious danger” to regional theatres
Artistic directors from the UK’s leading regional venues have joined with Olympic opening ceremony director Danny Boyle and National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner to warn that Britain’s local theatres are facing a “very real”…
Arts ‘set back 15 years’ by funding cuts – Stephen Daldry
The arts industry has been set back 15 years by funding cuts and proposed changes to the national curriculum, theatre and film director Stephen Daldry has claimed. Daldry, who also served as executive producer for…
We must cherish regional theatre
I spent the Sunday just gone in the remarkable surroundings of London’s Guildhall at this year’s Theatre Awards UK. Sometimes referred to as the ‘regional version of the Olivier Awards’, the event (formerly known as…
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