Lesley Manville called for better funding for theaters through the United Kingdom, saying that his biggest “bug” with the stage industry was “there is not enough money in the regional theater”.
Manville spoke Sunday evening at Olivier Awards In London, where she was appointed best actress for her performance under the name of Jocasta to Oedipus at Wyndham's Theater.
The olive trees honor the productions of London but, speaking to The Guardian, Manville emphasized theaters outside the capital. At the start of her career, she played with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon and, in 2016, she appeared to Bristol Old Vic with Jeremy Irons in Long Day's Journey Into Night.
“Directory theaters are no longer financed properly,” she said. “There is still a little north-south division. I would like to see regional theaters with more funding. When I started, it was incredible. You could go anywhere. It was a real training field. ”
Oedipus was also named best revival at prices, and Manville praised the adapter and director Robert Icke for his version of Sophocles' tragedy, on what she called “a complex relationship … to say at least”.
Manville added that she was saddened that “some young actors are not encouraged to go and play anywhere. Do it! “
The theater, she said, was a vital training field and offered opportunities unrivaled by work on the screen. “You will learn more by walking on stage, where you cannot be published,” she said. “No one is going to hold your hand, you are alone and you have to operate it.”
Earlier this year, Charity Theathers Trust published its annual Buildings register “At risk”, with 43 threats faced with severe closure and decomposition, but which have the potential to be revived for their communities.
In December, Analysis by the campaign for the alliance arts revealed that local authorities' culture spending per person in England had been reduced by more than 50% since 2009-10.
In February, the The government has announced Funding of 270 million pounds Sterling Fund everywhere for the places of the arts, with more than 85% dedicated to urgent construction works and the upgrades of infrastructure.
