Memorandum submitted by New Vic Theatre
I would urge the Committee to pay due attention
to the relationship between the subsidised sector and the commercial
sector in the regions as well as the West End and ask the Committee
to consider the following:
— Where a commercial management is
paid by a local authority to manage a venue, is there adequate,
detailed and informed scrutiny of the contractual and financial
arrangements between the commercial management organisation and
the local authority?
— Do local authorities have access
to adequate, detailed and informed advice about the financial,
trading and accounting practices of the commercial theatre sector
when entering into negotiations for services?
— Does the competitive tendering process
to manage local authority owned/controlled venues ensure best
value when there are so few competitors in the field?
— Where a commercial organisation,
paid by a local authority, is both venue manager and show producer,
is there a potential conflict of interest when the organisation
books its own shows into a venue it also manages?
January 2005
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