The Board of Manchester venue, greenroom, has issued the following
statement:
Following the recent disappointing news that greenroom is not part
of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio for 2012/13 onwards,
the Board has made a decision that greenroom, Manchester, will close
to the public at the end of May this year.
We would like to have continued but are unable to do this without
confirmed funding or alternative income going forward.
greenroom, since its inception, has been at the forefront of discovering
and pioneering Manchester, national and international ‘firsts’.
We have been consistently committed to developing and presenting new
and experimental performance, and more recently supporting and enabling
artists at the start of their careers to be innovative, take risks
and experiment with new ideas.
Our aim is to ensure that this important work continues through other
organisations and individual artists/ artist companies, producers
and promoters.
We are working with the Arts Council to provide information for people
interested in the future production of this work and this will be
available shortly on request by emailing enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk
It is with regret that we find ourselves in this situation almost
25 years since the venue opened , and would like to extend our thanks
to all of you who have recently sent us words of support. To view
or add to these comments, please visit greenroomarts.tumblr.com
We would like to thank our long-standing funders: Arts Council England,
AGMA and Manchester City Council, who have shown a significant commitment
in supporting greenroom.
The current Board and staff feel proud and privileged to have been
part of greenroom; and we’d like to thank everyone – including
artists, audiences and partners – who have contributed to its
rich history, and particularly to those who have at some point called
greenroom ‘home’.
