With cuts in funding, safer programming, shrinking audiences, new writing is the first casualty in this vicious circle. The Out of Joint founder says something has to changeMax Stafford-Clark opens his notebook. It's a durable blue jotter filled with 20 years of Out of Joint records, all copied out by hand: writers' royalties, touring schedules, weekly audience numbers. Right now, it doesn't make for happy reading."C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PM on October 20, 2017