The "Global Majority" theatre taxpayers were charged £1.7 million for
Why should taxpayers fund things many of them can never apply for?
In March, you may remember I wrote about the Javaad Alipoor Company, a theatre that aims to fight “the rise of the Far Right, the ongoing climate emergency and the rights of migrants, refugees and minorities”:
It is no anomaly in terms of taxpayer-funded theatres (receiving £742,310 in government grants from 2020-24). Today I wanted to introduce readers to the even more woke Tamasha Theatre, which received £1,702,950 from taxpayers between 2020-24:
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