Institutional FAIL

I do bang on but Bristol is AMAZING- I get to make work in a city where every relevant cultural institution is not just forward thinking but totally supportive. With venues like The Tobacco Factory, Arnolfini and fingers crossed the Bristol Old Vic willing to give not just words and funding-tick-box style support but active encouragement by providing their skills, time and resources to develop the work of emerging artists from a wide range of backgrounds.

Even though the city receives below average funding per capita in Bristol it isn't hard to get a totally free space to put on a platform for new work. This isn't the case everywhere, across the land fledgling scenes are stifled and often extinguished by funders and institutions that don't see the benefits of developing a real relationship with young practitioners.

Is there a monolithic Theatre or Performance Centre crushing your hopes and making you think about moving to London or indeed Bristol? Is there a theatre festival in your city that actively ignores local artists? Have you got an unsupportive Arts Council Officer?

Well then feel free to name and shame them via the anonymous comments at the bottom of this page. Who knows it might just make them think a little about how silly they are being.

Oh and here's a video from the very funny failblog.org - Think of yourself as a Canadian Brown Finch: