Funding of the arts in the UK?

The arts and popular culture enriches all our lives, but high culture such as Classical/Shakespeare/Opera, etc like it or not is mainly the preserve of the wealthy or the aspiring.

How do you feel about the poorest in society(statistically those who buy lottery tickets/Scratch Cards on a regular basis),

paying for these lavish productions to be enjoyed by a select audience?

How can they be funded differently? Are the measures being taken to popularise these arts drifting through to the ordinary people and popular culture?

Funding of the arts in the UK?comedy club

Thats not strictly true a huge proportion of Lottery money goes towards community arts projects run by voluntary sector organisations. These projects tend to be free for people to access and participate in. There is also funding from places like the arts council, and other trusts and foundations. It is true though that they have to work very hard to get this money and could always do with more. There has also been measures to allow "ordinary people" access the arts; most galleries and museums are now free to the general public. More work needs to be doen, but rather than resent people that do access these facilities, go and experience them for your self and get invloved with your local community project.

Funding of the arts in the UK?sheet music opera theater

Do you really think people that buy lottery tickets care where they're quid is going? No, they just want to win more money.

If the poor people stopped buying lottery tickets they might be able to afford to go the Opera.
They should be funded by the people who go to them paying more %26amp; not Joe Blogs subsidising them.