It is with sadness that we report that the Arts Council of Wales has withdrawn the funding for North Wales Stage, which has now closed as a result. North Wales Stage took the risk of commissioning Cynefin to create the Caerdroia and the three performances in the Labyrinth. It seems that this in another nail in the coffin of innovative and challenging theatre and the pill is more bitter for knowing that the withdrawn funding is going to feed the insatiable corporate monster that is the London Olympics.
The government claim that the cut of a third in all arts funding which is being used for the Olympics will go towards a 'Cultural Olympiad.' We all know what centralized cultural initiatives look like...remember the Millennium Dome?
You can sign a petition here to stop this tide of cultural sportification...
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/lotteryolympics/
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