This requires imagination and commitment from Creative Scotland and, critically, local authorities. Both are currently lacking in their approach and this now needs a fundamental rethink if we are to provide stages on which Scottish artists can perform across the country, reaching out to and connecting with audiences. Today, we have supply side provision that needs to be balanced with greater demand from touring theatres and their communities – only then will we be able to make sense of touring theatre once again.
John Stalker
Vanburgh Place Leith, Edinburgh