Free Theatre for Youth in UK
The Stage reports that in the UK Culture secretary Andy Burnham has announced a new £2.5 million scheme that will give out a million free theatre tickets to under 26-year olds in 95 venues across England over a two-year period.
Launching the programme, Burnham said that it would mean "a whole new audience will get the chance to enjoy the best our theatre has to offer". He added: "Theatres up and down the country will get the chance to work with us to provide a million free tickets to productions over the next two years. So it will be good for theatres, who will see their audience broaden, and it will be good for actors, who play at their best when performing to a full house."
The programme, which has been developed from initial proposals for a free week of theatre suggested by the McMaster Report into excellence in the arts, will be operated by ACE.
2 comments:
This is a fantastic initiative, if only it could be replicated here... but let's face it the arts isn't sustained enough as it is, I can't imagine the government offering to subsidise tickets for under 26 year old - the demographic we need most!
Yes, I think it's a great idea, and would love to see a similar project run in Ireland.
England has a much bigger population, and there are better revenue streams for arts initiatives.
Although, I think the Arts are generally under-funded in many countries.
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