Do theatres have to close down before the government acts on the arts?

The Arts Council's £11.6m budget cut can only lead to cancelled productions, job losses and boarded-up theatres. But out of sight is out of mind for this government If you travel around the country, as I do, you can't help but be aware of the increasing number of boarded-up shops on high streets as the economic crisis has gone on. London is another story, of course: large parts of it afloat on a...