Funding pulled from Talawa Theatre
Arts Council has withdrawn funding for a theatre for Talawa.
A purpose-built £9.5m building on the site of an old theatre near Victoria station in London was to have opened in 2007. It was planned as a permanent home for Talawa, the country’s leading black theatre company, which celebrates its 21st birthday this year, and as a space championing black performers, writers and directors.
I don’t know the ins and outs or the finances but this seems a definite step back for the theatre mix of London.
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About me
I'm a playwright and investment analyst. I have a broad range of interests: food, gardening, innovation & intellectual property, sustainability, architecture & design, writing and the arts. I sit on the board of Talawa Theatre Company and advise a CIS investment trust on socially responsible investments.
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Recent Work
Recent plays include, for theatre: Nakamitsu, Yellow Gentlemen, Lost in Peru, Lemon Love. For radio: Places in Between (R4), Patent Breaking Life Saving (WS).
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Nakamitsu
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Yellow Gentlemen
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