§ Mr. McKelveyTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will publish a geographical breakdown of funding for drama provided by the Scottish Arts Council; and if such funding decisions rest with members of the drama committee or the paid officers of the Scottish Arts Council.
§ Mr. BrookeThe geographical breakdown of funding for drama by the Scottish Arts Council is set out in the table. Decisions on revenue funding for drama clients are taken by the council in the light of recommendations by the drama committee. Decisions on funding projects and schemes are taken by the drama committee.
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Drama1 £ Borders Jane Houston Green 200 Central Federation of Scottish Theatre Ltd. 18,000 MacRobert Arts Centre 1,900 19,900 Edinburgh Benchtours 3,500 Communicado Theatre Company 156,873 Celtech Events 1,000 Edinburgh Puppet and Animation Festival 3,000 Edinburgh Puppet Company 9,000 Edinburgh Touring Circuit 3,000 Fifth Estate 34,000 Grassmarket Project 1,500 Hullaballoo Childrens Theatre 30,000 Pat Keysell 1,255 Duncan Low 300 Jo McNamara 3,000 Muirhouse Festival Activities Centre 900 Boilerhouse Theatre Company 13,997 Royal Lyceum Theatre Co. Ltd. 530,271 Streets Ahead Theatre Company 1,500 Scottish International Children's Festival 20,000 The Traverse Theatre (Scotland) Ltd. 323,793 Theatre Scotland 3,000 Theatre Workshop Edinburgh Ltd. 11,500 1,151,389 Fife Byre Theatre of St Andrews Ltd. 129,920 Glasgow Annexe Theatre Company 3,000 Birds of Paradise Theatre Company 4,000 Citizens Theatre Ltd. 514,786 Clanjamfrie 7,500 Clyde Unity Theatre 41,000 Fablevision 20,000 Govan Initiative 2,100 Jane Jewel 1,000 Flloyd Kennedy 200 Music Theatre Lab. 5,000 Media Theatre Company 3,000 Pen-name Theatre 40,000 Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre 3,000 Jo Smith 300 7:84 Theatre Company Ltd. 175,702 Scottish Youth Theatre Ltd. 21,000 Scottish Drama 2,000 Scottish National Association of Youth Theatre 5,000 Phyllis Steel 200 Ian Turbitt's Puppet Theatre 300 Tron Theatre Ltd. 211,839 Tag Theatre Company 151,334 Visible Fictions 15,000 Woodside Area Arts Project 1,000 Winged Horse Touring Productions 18,000 1,246,261 Grampian Aberdeen Art Gallery/City of Aberdeen 11,000 Banff & Buchan District Council 1,500 Crathes 1992 1,500 The Invisible Bouncers 6,000 North East of Scotland Touring Arts Co-Ordinating Association 5,000 25,000 Highland Eden Court Theatre 1,000 Grey Coast Theatre Company 22,000
Drama1 £ National Gaelic Arts Project 18,000 Clown Jewels 22,000 Ross & Cromarty District Council 1,000 64,000 Lothian East Lothian District Council 57,541 Strathclyde Black Box Puppet Theatre Trust 14,628 Borderline Theatre Company Ltd. 160,476 MacMyth Project 3,000 Cumbernauld Theatre Trust Ltd. 36,500 Edward Jackson 500 Wildcat Stage Productions Ltd. 190,021 405,125 Tayside Dundee Repertory Theatre Ltd. 266,486 Tayside Regional Council 650 Pitlochry Festival Soc. Ltd. 227,193 Perth Repertory Theatre Ltd. 266,987 761,316 Island Authorities Alan Watters 3,000 Others Assitej G. B. 500 Half Moon Young Peoples Theatre 3,000 International Workshop Festival 2,500 Medieval Players Company Ltd. 4,000 Northern Stage Company 1,000 Oily Carte Theatre Company 2,000 Ra Ra Zoo 2,000 15,000 Total 3,878,652 1 All companies are listed within their home region. Many spend a large proportion of their time touring outside that area.