Cuts may force closure of Hull Truck Theatre
21st November 2010
The future of Yorkshire’s famous Hull Truck TCouncillors in Hull will be discussing cuts of up to 40 per cent to the subsidy paid to the organisation.heatre could be threatened if its budget is slashed by councillors, its chief executive has warned.
Talks on future of Fishguard's Theatr Gwaun deadlocked
21st November 2010
Talks over the future of Theatr Gwaun in Fishguard are at an impasse. Volunteers want to take over the stage and cinema venue to secure its future and have put forward their plans to Pembrokeshire council. The authority has offered them the building at a peppercorn rent for two years but says it cannot justify contributing to running costs as well.
Future of Walton Playhouse to be considered
20th November 2010
The future of a theatre in Surrey is to be considered at a council meeting after a report on options available. A number of issues and necessary improvements to bring Walton Playhouse up to standard were identified in a condition and structural survey.
Welsh Arts Council's 'delight' at 4 per cent cut in funding
19th November 2010
The body that funds dozens of arts organisations across Wales was “delighted” its funding was only cut by 4 per cent in the draft budget. Among the organisations funded by the Arts Council of Wales are the Grand Theatre Swansea, Taliesin Arts Centre, Pontardawe Arts Centre and Oriel Myrddin in Carmarthen.
Crawley and West Sussex councils in theatre funding row
19th November 2010
West Sussex County Council has been criticised for only supporting one theatre in the county. The local authority has confirmed it has given £2.6m to Chichester Festival Theatre since 2001, and no support to any other theatre during that time.
County leader defends cuts in funding the arts in Somerset
18th November 2010
Leader of Somerset County Council Ken Maddock has defended the decision to slash the council’s arts budget. Councillor Maddock said that sacrifices had to be made and that everyone had to do their bit to balance the books, following criticism of the decision to end support for Strode Theatre in Street.
A new committee forms to save Conwy Civic Hall
18th November 2010
An action committee has been set up to fight for the future of Conwy’s Civic Hall. The well-attended meeting last Friday was held in the lounge area of the building. The top floor of the venue is to close on December 28, although existing bookings will be honoured until March 2011. The closure will save Conwy County Council around £20,000 a year, but the users of the hall have vowed to save it from closure.
Welsh cultural organisations get cut by 4%
18th November 2010
Arts organisations in Wales have escaped with a 4% overall cut in the Welsh Assembly Government’s draft budget. The Arts Council of Wales’ budget for “arts programmes” will be reduced by 4% over three years starting in 2011. These programmes comprise all of the money ACW spends directly on culture, including its portfolio of revenue funded organisations and other pots of strategic funding.
Drama schools speak out about funding uncertainty
18th November 2010
Drama school leaders have stressed it is too early to gauge how damaging the government’s proposed university funding cuts will prove to be for performing arts training, despite recent claims that several leading institutions will lose their entire Whitehall subsidy.
Scottish arts world welcomes devolved budget
18th November 2010
The leaders of Scotland’s cultural bodies have reacted positively and with no little sense of relief to the draft budget proposals announced by the Scottish National Party government. There is also, however, recognition that centrally controlled funds are only a proportion of the nation’s overall cultural spend. Big decisions will come early next year when Scotland’s local authorities set out their budgets.
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