The Government’s Bailout Won’t Save the Arts
The National Theatre has responded to the government’s bailout by ploughing ahead with plans to fire 400 workers. Without a more ambitious plan to reinvigorate the arts sector, its future remains bleak.
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Katherine Hearst
Katherine Hearst is a writer, film maker and organiser.
A Federal Theatre Project for the 21st Century
In the 1930s, the New Deal effort to pull the United States out of depression included a Federal Theater Project. As Covid-19 destroys the jobs of low-income arts workers, we need the same ambition.