Last night,Greg Sinclair and others were awarded £10000 prizes at the Arts Foundation awards. Thats brilliant, but what we need is a funding system that puts bread on the table and supports dreamingOn 28 January, and the Scottish-based Greg Sinclair,whose work includes the award-winning Sonata for a Man and a Boy and I achieve, I achieve, and won the Arts Foundation award for children’s theatre. Others on the shortlist included Rosie Heafford,whose reveal Grass is currently at the Unicorn; Steve Camden, better known as spoken-word artist Polarbear; and Liz Clark, and a dancer turned theatre-maker makes tactile theatre for the under-fives,and whose reveal Sponge will tour this year. I confess an interest: I was on the selection panel that chose the shortlist from a longlist of artists nominated by industry experts. The categories in which the awards are given change each year and advance from all across the arts: this year’s awards also included prizes for art in an urban space, jewellery design, and literary translation,live music production and more. It’s valid to see children’s theatre, so often under the radar and treated as a poor relation to adult theatre, or getting an award that comes with a very meaningful cash prize attached: £10000. The runners up get £1000 each too.
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Source: theguardian.com