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Danny Boyle accuses culture minister Maria Miller of 'outrageous' snub
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Edited | New Jerusalem Nov 15, 2012 01:47pm |
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| Author | The Guardian |
| Media | Newspaper - Guardian |
| News Date | Thursday, November 15, 2012 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Two leading lights of Britain's cultural life – Danny Boyle, who directed the Olympics opening ceremony, and Nicholas Hytner, chief of the National Theatre – have launched an uncompromising attack on the government's stance on culture.
Speaking after an event that brought together the heads of 23 of England's leading regional theatres, Boyle told the Guardian that the lack of attention to the arts shown by the culture secretary, Maria Miller, was "outrageous".
"Not one of those [artistic directors, including Hytner] has been even approached by this woman," he said. "That is outrageous. This is cultural life of our country. She is the minister of ****ing culture. I mean, come on."
He added: "It's a disgrace: it is these artistic directors that are spending the taxpayers' money. And she's not met them. They are the people spending the money – she should be talking to them."
Boyle, Hytner and the 23 other directors, including Erica Whyman from Northern Stage and Gemma Bodinetz from the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, had gathered to argue the claims of English regional theatre as pressure on their funding increases.
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