How do small theatres with limited grant funding produce bold and challenging work without getting caught in the cycle of gentrification? Vincent Dowd speaks to Artistic Directors at The Yard and the Park Theatre to find out.
The Yard opened in 2011 and it produces just a handful of shows a year. But the 110-seat theatre has brought a minor explosion of creativity to a part of London which used to have few artistic organisations.
And that sometimes worries Jay Miller, the theatre's founder and artistic director.
"We all know the game some developers can play with an artistic start-up in a down-at-heel area," he says.
"A new theatre or a gallery may bring a Bohemian edginess and glamour and soon you're heading up-market and the whole place changes. Arts organisations can get bound up... Keep reading on BBC
The Yard opened in 2011 and it produces just a handful of shows a year. But the 110-seat theatre has brought a minor explosion of creativity to a part of London which used to have few artistic organisations.
And that sometimes worries Jay Miller, the theatre's founder and artistic director.
"We all know the game some developers can play with an artistic start-up in a down-at-heel area," he says.
"A new theatre or a gallery may bring a Bohemian edginess and glamour and soon you're heading up-market and the whole place changes. Arts organisations can get bound up... Keep reading on BBC