Dennis Kelly
(Picture: Getty Images)The acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Dennis Kelly has written an impassioned letter to Conservative MP Sir Robert Neill protesting the swingeing cuts to Arts Council England funding, and especially the 100 per cent cut for the Hampstead Theatre, a venue historically dedicated to new writing in north London.
A debate on the funding decisions, which were announced in November last year and saw an alarming number of casualties among London institutions and venues, is scheduled to take place in parliament tomorrow, Wednesday January 18 at 2.30pm. Sir Robert, who chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Opera and last year described ACE as having “gone rogue” in response to the cuts, will lead the debate.
