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<p>His Majesty’s Government is committed to supporting the arts and cultural sector,
including theatres. This is primarily through the Arts Council England whose funding
for National Portfolio Organisations has increased to £444.6 million per annum, funding
a record 985 organisations, including 214 new organisations outside of London.</p><p>Arts
Council England invests in nearly 200 theatres or theatre companies that produce,
commission, and present theatre, in addition to arts centres, festivals and outdoor
theatre companies. These range from large theatres in cities - Liverpool Theatres,
Manchester Royal Exchange, Sheffield Theatres - to smaller theatres and theatre companies
often with a particular specialism, such as theatre for children, theatre with a disability
focus, theatre companies that co-create with different communities or theatre companies
that are designed to tour. Overall investment in theatre has increased through the
current round of the Arts Council’s National Portfolio programme – both in terms of
the number of organisations supported, and the volume of funding which is now more
than £110 million per annum.</p><p>A number of theatres are also regularly supported
through the Arts Council’s open access National Lottery Project Grants programme which
has a budget of £116.8 million a year. This is a rolling programme and is open to
artists and companies across the country.</p><p> </p>
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