“Prince Charles has joined industry figures including Benedict Cumberbatch and Andrew Lloyd Webber in calling for every child in the UK to have access to the arts at school,” writes Giverny Masso in Wednesday’s (9/5) The Stage (U.K.). “The call comes amid increasing cuts to creative subjects in education, with the number of students sitting arts GCSEs having fallen by 10% this year compared to 2017. Speaking at an event lobbying for the arts at the Royal Albert Hall in London, organized by his charity Children and the Arts, Prince Charles … said, ‘We have a fantastic reputation as a country through our creative industries…. The arts are vital. So, of course, are engineering skills … but we mustn’t see things in separate compartments, so I hope that as a result of everybody coming together today, we might be able to understand the need we have in this country to ensure these things are joined up and operating in harmony…. Lloyd Webber also gave a speech. ‘It isn’t just about funding…. It’s about the attitude of teachers and about them feeling they want to empower kids to see and enjoy the arts in the widest form.’ ”
Posted September 11, 2018
