Nick Kent, the artisitc director of the Tricycle Theatre, has announced his retirement with a bitter attack on governments cuts towards the Arts and his theatre in particular. It comes as Brent Council prepares to make a decision on our Arts Strategy, in which the Tricycle has featured for many years. As the Guardian points out, the Tricycle is seeing cuts from both central government and London government.
Brent Council's own grant comes up for a decision on 18 July. It is a grant very largely geared towards providing drama workshops for young people. Youth services is an area that we decided as an administration to protect from the worst of the cuts, and I believe that most Brent residents support that priority.
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