It was also really interesting to meet other artists at the event – so often you just meet people from your own world – other actors, directors. But there were writers, dancers, musicians...in fact, talking to Cleveland afterward about singing I’m still a bit dizzy, thinking that I might start singing again – I haven’t since I was a kid.
I’d heard about the Cultural Olympiad before the event but I didn’t know everything – so much is happening all over the UK, it was really interesting to hear about the plans. London and the UK provides such diversity, such a brilliant array. Our Games will show it off, we should exploit it – in sport and across the arts. Which is what the Cultural Olympiad will do.
As much as the one-off projects that will happen I’m really interested how we can use London 2012 to put long-standing change into place, that will last well beyond the Games. For example, it would be amazing if it was a catalyst to get more funding for studio space for artists and musicians, which is really hard to come by.
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