BBC News: "Eight playwrights, including Mark Ravenhill, have donated short plays that are being performed in venues from Edinburgh to Exeter.
Some 80 groups are staging the works in theatres, pubs, libraries and private houses as part of Theatre Uncut.
'It's extraordinary that so many people have come together on this,' said artistic director Hannah Price.
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Budget cuts to the arts and programs that affect the arts will always be a prominent issue. I like the fact that Theatre Uncut is voicing their opinion though creating theatre works for free instead or retaliating by just debating the cuts. It shows how creative the arts can be, and how the arts can show a variety of meanings. By grouping together in an organized way, and in a structured way around creating these works, Theatre Uncut could have a very powerful voice as they are starting to already. Power comes more from creativity than retaliation it seems.
Budget cuts in middle school, high school, and college have been bothering me for as long as I can remember. Theatre Uncut is a great idea and I'm glad someone thought of it! Art programs are very special and need to keep going in all levels of schooling. So many people forget about the importance of arts when growing up and how it can really help you socially, artistically, and just give you a better understand the world. For these people to group together and make something that is creative and powerful is quite inspiring and hopefully they will continue to inspire and bring forth more people to protest against budget cuts in schools.
It is interesting to hear about these budget cuts. Obviously we are facing a recession, and it follows that bidet cuts in all areas of life would arise. However there is significant evidence that in times of economic downturn the arts, especially cinema and theater benefit greatly, because people feel the need to escape from their reality. on the other hand the theater industry is dependent on so many other industries, and is attached to so many other things that if they suffer, it follows that the industry would suffer as well, and need to turn to budget cuts.
This is brilliant. It is also proof that it only takes one person to begin to make a different. I also think it is a great way to make a point. Using your art to support your art. The letters to the politicians only turn into statistics. This can also get the rest of the public to become aware of the dire nature of the situation. This is the kind of political change art is for. I hope this succeeds and wish I knew about it earlier and could have made CMU apart of it. Hind sight is always 20/20. Hopefully the opportunity will rise again.
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