‘Complexity and volume of applications’ stalls hand-out of £1.57bn pledged in July
None of the £1.57bn arts rescue fund announced by the government in July to great fanfare has yet been handed out to theatres, leaving many organisations on the brink of collapse.
Many had hoped to hear what they would receive this week, but because of what officials have called “the complexity and volume of applications”, there has been a last-minute delay.
