The head of London’s busy, brutalist arts complex says she needs funding so urgently that she might even consider giving a sponsor the right to rename it
Elaine Bedell says ‘we employed an engineer on site all weekend’ in case of breakdowns when the centre hosted the Baftas.Elaine Bedell says ‘we employed an engineer on site all weekend’ in case of breakdowns when the centre hosted the Baftas.“Our great fear was that Cate Blanchett would be stuck in a lift,” says Elaine Bedell, chief executive of the, who is responsible for the complex of cultural venues by the Thames in London.
The centre’s Arts Council funding has been cut by 41% in real terms over the past decade, while costs such as energy bills have surged. In 2022, it was the biggest victim of deep cuts to London arts institutions in the name of levelling up, losing nearly £1.9m in funding.
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