By Lyn Gardner

”Our funding system has ensured that theatre buildings have been the dominant way that theatre has been delivered. Many of those theatre buildings were first established when theatre was a very different beast, one based on plays and drama. We have poured millions into capital projects to preserve those buildings.

They can be a truly wonderful thing, and a place of resource. At their best, they are creative powerhouses, community hubs, a place of inspiration, succour and sanctuary. But often they come with self-perpetuating, top-down hierarchies and fuel a self-importance around that building that keeps it from connecting with local networks, unknown artists, and from practices that do not conform to the norm.”

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