Saving Theatre in the UK - meta group
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Entertainment & Arts - Theater
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This is a meta group.

For anyone not familiar with meta groups, a meta group is a collection of facebook groups all concerned with the same issue. This one is focusing on a growing trend I have noticed with growing alarm, the Save our Theatre awareness groups.

If you know of a group not included here post it on the Notice Board and I will add it.

If you are an active member of an existing campaigning group and have any pictures of your protests please feel free to post them in this groups... (read more)
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Saving Theatre in the UK - meta group
Category:
Entertainment & Arts - Theater
Description:
This is a meta group.

For anyone not familiar with meta groups, a meta group is a collection of facebook groups all concerned with the same issue. This one is focusing on a growing trend I have noticed with growing alarm, the Save our Theatre awareness groups.

If you know of a group not included here post it on the Notice Board and I will add it.

If you are an active member of an existing campaigning group and have any pictures of your protests please feel free to post them in this groups... (read more)
Privacy Type:
Open: All content is public.

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05 June 2009
Thought you might find this of interest. Its the way forward for suceeding in the arts. Any one deciding to attend let me know I'm gonna be there would love to meet up. Here is the event program. http://issuu.com/pilottheatre/docs/shift_onlinebrochure

Here is the Facebook Group
http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=17352122041

23 April 2009
Just in case anyone missed it, in the small print of the budget was a £4m cut to the Arts Council in 2010-11. I don't expect ACE will respond directly for a while, but this is how the Guardian is currently reporting/blogging it. http://ow.ly/3AjF

Paul SuttonArtistic DirectorC&T (via email)

6 November 2008
Derby Playhouse’s future has yet again been thrown into doubt after the venue was forced to go dark for the second time in nine months. See link to article in the posted items.

30 July 2008
A remarkable turnaround for one of the UK’s major regional producing houses, after it was forced into administration last Christmas. the first scheduled performance is September 13. (see the posted items for the link to the full article)

17 July 2008
Derby Playhouse's future decided this month.(see posted items below for a link to the full story)

15 July 2008
Employment tribunal awards thousands in back pay to Derby Playhouse staff. (see posted items below for a link to the full story)

07 July 2008
Pilot Theatre's Shift Happens - where theatre and technology converge, was inspirational. More articles to follow.
http://www.pilot-theatre.com/shifthappens

24 June 2008 - The Guardian
We're a damaged organisation says the Arts Council.
Read the article posted in the linked items below.

14 June
Save the RSAMD was added.

Equity have a Facebook group for their "Play Fair on West End Pay" campaingn. Collected News from the Stage, Equity's website and the National Press can be read there.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14060699460

07 March
Still adding "Save Our Theatre" groups.

27 Jan
Equity continues to be the loudest voice for the entertainment industry in parliament.
The Performers' Alliance Parliamentary Group
http://tinyurl.com/3yuntt

22 Jan
Join Derby Playhouse at their Candle lit vigil.
Wednesday 23 Jan at 4.45pm

Following Derby Playhouse's appeal to the Arts Council England, East Midlands, to reinstate its grant, there will be a CANDLELIT VIGIL held at the Arts Council East Midlands Offices in Nottingham from 4.45pm on WEDNESDAY 23rd JANUARY.

15 Jan
PROTEST at the Arts Council organised by Genisis Masks.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7974678218
"We're not happy with the way in which the funding cuts proposals have been handled by the Arts Council"

Young Vic Equity meets the Arts Council podcast
Listen for yourself
http://tinyurl.com/3782uh (25 mins)

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11 Jan
What the papers said:

The Times 10 January 2007

Leading actors put arts chief to the sword over cash cuts
The Arts Council faced an unprecedented vote of no confidence yesterday from hundreds of angry actors and directors opposing its decision to terminate the funding of nearly 200 of the nation’s companies.
Peter Hewitt, the Arts Council chief executive, was subjected to a torrent of criticism and cries of derision. Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning star, gave warning of a revolution and Sir Ian McKellen, one of Britain’s finest actors, called the cuts destructive.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3162575.ece


The Guardian 10 January 2007

Actors boo Arts Council over swingeing cuts
Britain's acting community yesterday declared it had no confidence in the Arts Council England, which is cutting money to nearly 200 groups in the biggest shake-up of arts funding in living memory.
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/funding/story/0,,2238141,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront


The Guardian 10 January 2007

Message to the Arts Council: get your act together
Today's stormy meeting between ACE's outgoing chief executive and theatre professionals resulted in a vote of no confidence. Who's going to sort out the mess?
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/2008/01/for_editors_7.html


The Telegraph 10 January 2007

No confidence' in Arts Council England
Arts Council England (Ace) was plunged into a crisis when 500 of the country's top actors passed an unprecedented vote of no confidence in the organisation over cuts it is making in grants to almost 200 theatres and music companies.
The vote, supported by prominent figures such as Kevin Spacey, Sir Ian McKellen, Felicity Kendal and Joanna Lumley, was taken at a packed meeting at London's Young Vic theatre to discuss the cuts with Peter Hewitt, the council's chief executive.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/10/narts110.xml


The Stage 10 January 2007

Industry leaders pass vote of no confidence in Arts Council England
Arts Council England has been delivered a ‘vote of no confidence’ at an emergency meeting organised by Equity and attended by leading figures from the UK theatre industry including Ian McKellen, Peter Hall and Kevin Spacey. The meeting, which was held at the Young Vic and attended by ACE chief executive Peter Hewitt, was called in the wake of the arts council’s latest spending review, in which almost 200 organisations face the threat of total cuts to their funding.
http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/19504/industry-leaders-pass-vote-of-no-confidence

More stories about themeeting at the Young Vic

http://tinyurl.com/22wn35

http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=83094&in_page_id=7&in_a_source

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/gossip/view/26147/Stars-slam-Arts-Council-grant-cuts/

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978759.html?categoryid=19&cs=1

http://blog.britishtheatreguide.info/2008/01/09/how-will-those-cuts-affect-ace/

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/latest-entertainment-news/Stars-slam-Arts-Council-grant.3657416.jp

http://www.dailysnack.com/celebrity_news_article_pa.html?sku=1199905980365853-E1

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9th Jan - PM
Thank you Facebook. Well thank you active members of Facebook who are equally miffed at the current state of affairs in the arts. Since discovering the numerous Save our Theatre facebook groups and creating the Save theatre in the UK meta group it has been heartening to see the membership of these groups rocket. One group "Stop the Cull" is particularly impressive with 1,120 members. Some venues under threat have high sign up numbers. Derby Playhouse with 5,321 and Bristol Old Vic with 2,234 at the time of writing this entry.

Equity released this statement about Wednesday's Art Council and Equity meeting at the Young Vic.
http://www.equity.org.uk/article.aspx?id=32