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Regional Theatre receives Arts Council lifeline
The Arts Council has shared out an extra £25m from the government between regional theatres and touring drama companies. Almost 200 state-funded theatres across England were given a financial lifeline as it was announced that their funding would be raised from £40m annually to £70m by 2003-4. A few companies received substantial rises. The Oxford Playhouse has been given an extra £201,000, a rise of 405 per cent on its grant. London's Soho Theatre received an extra £328,546 - 130 per cent. Hedda Bebby, co-director of the Oxford Playhouse is delighted at the announcement: At last we are better able to get on with the job of creating and producing theatre. However, some theatres did miss out on the increase, including Croydon Warehouse and York's Theatre Royal, by reportedly not meeting Arts Council criteria.
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