Week 6: Saving the Arts and Starting Off, with Penelope Skinner 

This week we discuss arts funding, and how to start your play – with a guest appearance from playwright Penelope Skinner. 

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“The arts in Britain are teetering on the brink. Here is my plan to save them.” - Nicholas Hytner in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/17/arts-council-britain-plan-save-new-body 

“Divided opinion: why Nicholas Hytner is wrong about splitting arts funding.” - Lyn Gardner in The Stage: https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/divided-opinion-why-nicholas-hytner-is-wrong-about-splitting-arts-funding 

Penelope Skinner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Skinner 

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