Arts cuts mean fewer temporary exhibitions and less risky theatre programming
Money saving measures for theatres may include smaller casts and staging well-known crowd pleasing work by writers whose copyright has expired.
Like many parts of life, theatres, galleries and other arts organisations are feeling the squeeze from funding cuts. But how will that affect what we see on stage or on a gallery wall? Plays at The Merlin theatre in Frome, Somerset, and the Brewhouse in Taunton, rarely register on the national radar. But the venues have been of interest to the arts world of late.They could be the canaries in the coal mine, having lost all regular Arts Council England and most local council funding.
Like many parts of life, theatres, galleries and other arts organisations are feeling the squeeze from funding cuts. But how will that affect what we see on stage or on a gallery wall? Plays at The Merlin theatre in Frome, Somerset, and the Brewhouse in Taunton, rarely register on the national radar. But the venues have been of interest to the arts world of late.They could be the canaries in the coal mine, having lost all regular Arts Council England and most local council funding.