An open letter to all non-NPOs: sometimes it pays not to be funded
It's without a safety net that we can make truly spectacular and exciting work, says New Diorama Theatre's David ByrneWatching the Arts Council's funding announcements, celebrations and commiserations fizz on my Twitter timeline last week, I was reminded of a panel I sat on just a year ago. I was next to an artistic director of a very well-subsidised London theatre who said the line that I'd heard many times before: …