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Open letter to Scottish Culture Secretary, Fiona Hyslop

316 Comments

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Graham Leadbitter
8 years ago

Do not forget the young. Secondary School Drama, and the other Arts subjects must not be smothered by STEM subjects.

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adura Onashile
8 years ago

Theatre maker

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Joseph Ingleby
8 years ago

Sculptor

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Isla Robertson
8 years ago

Isla Robertson - Playwright

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Robert Rae
8 years ago

Director & Producer, Film & Theatre.

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Jim Gilchrist
8 years ago

Freelance writer

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Neil McDermott
8 years ago

The big ship sails on the Alley ALEO, the Alley ALEO, Alley ALEO, The big ship sails on the Alley ALEO, On the last day of September. The Captain said, 'It will never, never do, It will never, never do, It will never, never do', etc The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea, The bottom of the sea, the bottom of the sea, etc. I find this weirdly fitting.

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Sarah Hopfinger
8 years ago

Freelance artist (theatre and dance)

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Fiona Robertson
8 years ago

Director sound

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Camille Marmie
8 years ago

actor

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Anonymous
8 years ago

Government agencies must be more open, transparent, responsible, accountable and willing/able to inform, consult and cooperate with people in the areas of work they support.

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Morag Stark
8 years ago

Voice & Accent Coach

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Guera Maunder
8 years ago

Violinist/ Tutor University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen City Music School

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Amy Duncan
8 years ago

Singer / Songwriter / Musician

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Kirsty shand
8 years ago

Inverted Aberdeen

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Donna Macrae Firefly Productions
8 years ago

There needs to be far greater involvement from practitioners in the Arts in both decision making and in the process of selecting/agreeing the appointment of duly competent assessors and panels with the right mixture of a creative background, financial acumen and legal skills. to make a decent job of assessing and deciding upon the merits of individual applications for funding. Additionally the entire process of making applications for funding needs to get out of the 1980's spreadsheet and doc world and be deployed online in a way that is in keeping the best up to date practises in both streamlining systems and in cost effectiveness. There is no shortage of suitable software for deploying such a system online. I'd like the opportunity to input a lot more in terms of this specific area.

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Lili Sandelin
8 years ago

North Isle Productions, Film Producer

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Kurt Basch
8 years ago

Seeing a Fire Exit performance was the most memorable expierences of my trip to Glasgow last year. Kurt van der Basch, film industry illustrator.

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John McInnes
8 years ago

Ex-Mischief La-Bas quartermaster (following funding cuts). Ex-SENSE Scotland workshop leader (following funding cuts). Now a freelance videographer / artist (unfunded).

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Nicholas Barton-Wines
8 years ago

Theatremaker