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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Robert Dex

Exodus of top arts bodies as they follow levelling-up cash out of London

Jenna Coleman starred in All My Sons for Headlong

(Picture: Dave Benett)

Two dozen arts organisations, including a theatre group that brought stars including Jenna Coleman, Anne-Marie Duff and David Harewood to the London stage, are set to quit the capital to keep their government funding. The arts exodus has been sparked by the levelling-up plan to spend more on culture outside London.

By committing to relocate by October 2024, the 24 arts groups have been guaranteed two years’ funding.

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