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Scottish theatre welcomes cash boost, but figures are not all they seem. I it ~ Mark Fisher f"“‘”" “(3113:”: 512:" 1 t)lll‘i")ll l‘. ) I ll
he announcement at the end of January that the Scottish ar‘:i E‘s}: .3. ti c; "" ~‘ as. " a: ' - ; .t. a“; :2 '1' Canada. However. the
Arts Oeuncn will increase the funding of drama by S‘J-Lixi‘ i>r-:3‘. a:::::...-~:-.- t " ' new :1-- .. i:-~ * ; 72:: "is proiect has begun
over the next three years was initially greeted by eup“::ria. fie" ‘f'av‘tarr. :t' (7:1,:1 '-2-.:.:. '. of : a i. ".. ' _ :y.'. :. :-.: z: . without his knowledge. Yes. it's a shame the Scottish Executive has postponed its the SM: 1." t . ' ' .:_; . and the producers admit commitment to a Scottish national theatre. said the theatres. i>i.t :i.. ":‘f ‘-;.--_: '.".‘:°. 2m ".ii3 : .:~-»;:'_-_- 2.‘ :. that it he's not up for it. great that the money is coming our way regardless. there '.'.'as "ax-z: pa.:r T";‘:'. ' : " .2 '. : _ 7 _; ~'. .1'. then they will simply turn . despondency from the remaining art forms saddled '.'.’ttlt anot"-::' east 1-1:" I .::~.. 't i .t' : _.;:'. _ " to another megastar . . . year of stand-still funding. but the world of theatre ‘.'.'as content. :i::"‘."‘.f‘~,f;<i":i v ' Spotting a smart niche
Or so it seemed. Look closer and its apparent that. x.--.'<:-.::o'~i<;- /‘\'~I.:,-r‘-:» .1851.” '3; '31:: '."-;- _' '.-:-.v ~ 1'1: E~i.*-.~ " :S'. in the market. the
though the additional cash is. rt goes only part 0" the to /\"::'r,~.'.s " ext" “J : - :~:.i: : "fear. t'1-x Disney Channel is i redress dramas historic funding deficrt. And. contrary to the and t /:";: 3“-'.:i'.y A :1"'7'7 :-.- :1 '."-x '.: :ff-_:". planning to launch its impression given, it does not bear comparison to last year's S‘Q‘fun ‘..'~:::.-:: '-i‘r::.. 't >r t-ut'. '3; tr ‘k..t‘:?f.i"'. q: . own \Ol’SlOlt oi Popstar‘s cash injection into English theatre prompted by the B()‘,(l<:-." r‘ei‘:>r‘.. vie, ::..i l «s .i: t pit-:- to create a children's l which has led to an upSLirge in audiences. " :22. :‘..'. '~ '.:‘~.. rite" . hand. "the lucky lads The {957.595 gomg to Newcastle's ‘It '_ . a. 3:3» girl“ :xa'. ‘. at and l2 sses will perform
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far in excess of the 2626.100 90mg to it: It:~ l-:--' . .y'. at s ti.‘:"‘ :1" A\.-.=ai'ds in October . . . Dundee Reo's ensemble. ‘No way is this a ("it-w: : ..i 1' .t'. ":1 :‘i‘fivi ‘ ‘ g: the rumour facton; reflection of the Boyden repod.‘ said one gone on, '~ :_ t»: '."-u should open its doors leading Scottish director. ‘If the idea was to '~ :: .1 'i‘: E '12:: for business soon. with strengthen the infrastructure. then it's gone "~-_.--- : '_ '.: :r-.- .t :" ‘ g ‘ ‘. HOV/S that P Diddy is a bit of the way. but not a fantastic way. And it doesn't address ti‘o ternarvs hairy w '... : -'\: ' . l' t .i.’:" ~-.-:: ‘.'\.’()l'l\'llt() on tracks for imbalance between the English repertories and the Scottisn one-sf :xrigr-y-i. '. ' " . '.i'. :~' -- 2. 'l'. -. t'.‘:":1' Jennifer Lopez's
The Traverse Theatre's Philip Howard agreed: ‘S‘ssvi =5; a :arge {l't‘if.ll‘tfl ; ‘ a: :_ : .. MW 3;: 1. : I r’ortliconung remix album sum. but it is too little to redress the undermining that's gone 1)"... six 5' :;e.-;.-" mgr-u r '.'.:: .: .7 '- . .2 ‘-‘il '-.-:~'. . . . list-'0 ot l-lollywood's
Consider the example of Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum. Its gra'it .dea ::' t1. _.t :; '_"z,- : rising female stars may has been increased by nearly 25% to 877511.300. this. said artistic lt‘~:= ~‘::<:<: .-.;i:; .14.; .ittt tar. t 2 iii l '."-n .i .1 he set for Merchant director Kenny Ireland. merely puts it back to the level of fanning; 'tiitifit‘itf 1;: :“ng. t'."~- la -- g: i « mint-- :1: ‘. ‘ ‘ _ Ivory period drama received by his predecessor Ian Wooldridge a decade ago. '\."‘.’(:-'\.e ‘lt e'. .i:: not: we a '."-»_a'.'-a.’ :13: _: N-g- heaven hell. Kate been producing the same quality of work on less money' sad M..ru’i‘,. t;-;k"-Zj"tt "anti-u: " t' 'lm. w. ;; Hudson from Almost lreland. pointing to the 'atrOCIous' levels of staff pay. ‘l’eopie t "at; prowl“. ...‘1.(‘.ti‘v\'. 3: if ti: 1 z’xf'.i.' f-‘a/noa‘s and Mt]//tO//(tltd ShOUld be patted 0” the baCk for getting the money but the ‘act it; ,\':‘lu-:: .i't'tdx‘ mast ' '\" i. 12¢: .1: 'l' 1 f1...tt.txl 32:: [)rlve's Naomi Watts that it is rest0ring us to a prevrous level. I'm very pleased about it. .-.<.- .‘.-;:r<:. '."i.:'. 2':.i~.-.- : '2 : '."-.- ltktatu- are lit talks to star in /_ e but it's just giving me a little room to move.’ (:l)l“t>tt"fi.. l" runs; w'. ~ :xi't'wwz \.'.-;-' Divorce. the story of an
Next door at the Traverse Theatre. artistic director Print: ll()‘.'.’tll<t keen on. .iuiii f w .t n -' ': .:‘~-u 2'2: “ t ' American film school was keen to out the figures in perspective. llis S‘l:)-:).t)(7~i) _________-. . _. . ._ _. _ . ._-..-_ dropout tlt Paris. ‘increase' incorporates £50,000 for a long standing liigiliiarvl 11>.” Does theatre get enough money? react@list.co.uk
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