The Arts Council of Wales has withdrawn its long-term financial support of the English-language theatre company
National Theatre Wales (NTW) has warned that it will be forced to close in six months’ time after its multi-year funding was withdrawn by the Arts Council of Wales (ACW).
The company, Wales’s English-language national theatre, which has received ACW funding since it was established 15 years ago, issued an open call for conversation with them on Wednesday after lodging an appeal. The cut is part of the 2023 Investment Review, in which the arts council announced that NTW was one of nine organisations from its arts portfolio that would not be offered multi-year funding from 2024-25 but could apply to its other funds. NTW said it was “deeply shocked” to receive news that its revenue funding would cease in spring.
