Thursday, January 10, 2008

194 Arts Organisations lose their funding.....and the world is quiet!!!

The complete horror of the news that some of our best loved theatres will be closing in April is coming to us in dribs and drabs..... and why doesn't it make front page news?? Is it that so few people care? Komedia, Watermans, Norwich Puppet Centre, Creative Arts East to name but a few. We don't even know all the organisations affected as the Arts Council haven't produced a definite list.

We know that it's because of the Olympics.... will there be anything left after the Olympics has been and gone?

Our work all starts again tomorrow. East Hatley are hosting us at their village hall. I think that this may be the way that we will survive this crisis - Village Halls. Thank goodness for all those fantastic people out there who can be bothered to make the effort to book us, advertise the show, and then provide refreshments and a warm, smiling face to greet the audience.

Saturday sees us performing in our own village hall in Potton. And Sunday, sees us at one of our favourite venues - Trestle Arts Base in St. Albans.

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