Meet the 12 recipients of the Future Theatre Fund Nick Curtis
Theatre has always been a vital component in the Evening Standard’s reporting of London, the association cemented by the foundation of the paper’s annual Theatre Awards in 1955. Last year, with playhouses shuttered and the awards (and ES Magazine’s special issue) unable to go ahead, thoughts turned to how best we could support an industry in crisis.
There was some help available to buildings and companies to stave off closure, and eventually to the freelancers who make up 70 per cent of theatre’s workforce. But what about the next generation, who should inject the industry with vital new blood but were instead emerging into a wasteland?
Without Walls leads the way for cultural recovery with Outdoor Arts
March 3, 2021 Last updated:
March 17, 2021
12:10 am By Admin
In the time of Covid, Outdoor Arts provide important opportunities to reinvigorate our cultural lives whilst supporting the creative economy. To lead the way, Without Walls has announced 21 new projects to receive support in 2021. This ambitious and exciting programme brings together up-and-coming companies, established street artists and those making their first foray into creating work for the public space. Strong Enough, Strong Lady Productions, Without Walls 2021 Programme, credit Sean Longmore.
This new outdoor art programme from Without Walls will bring audiences together in a safe way to share moments of global empathy and joy. From the epic and spectacular, to the intimate and emotional, the Without Walls 2021 commissions offer a timely moment to explore social justice, family relationships, environmentalism, identity, and much more. The pro