This video from England is
The Opening to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School 2007 Cabaret hosted by Ben Humphrey and Notza Reevers - created by David Oakes.By Paul Bond:
Britain: Arts Council to cut funds to 194 organisationsUpdate 10 January 2008: here.31 December 2007
The funding body Arts Council England (ACE) has told nearly 200 organisations that their funding will not be renewed beyond March 2008. The news has had an immediate impact, with theatre staff being put on redundancy notices, shows being cancelled, and the future of festivals in doubt.
Three quarters of the affected organisations are based outside London. Some of the biggest names in regional theatre, including Bristol Old Vic and the Derby Playhouse, are to lose their funding.
ACE announced that it was cutting funding to 194 organisations, nearly 1 in 5 of their 990 funded organisations. It has called this its “broadest and bravest” grant revision to date, although critics have referred to it more accurately as a “bloody cull.”
17 January 2008: here.
20 January 2008: here.
2 February 2008: here.
4 February 2008: here.
British Council slammed over plans to close arts department: here.
