It’s a precipitous fall for Soulpepper, a long-time darling of government funding agencies at all levels. Soulpepper had been receiving core funding — reliable annual commitments to sustain operations — from the Canada Council since 2000, when its annual allotment was $50,000. The council wouldn’t say whether “under review” means Soulpepper could lose all or part of its 2018 allotment. The company’s biggest public supporter, the Toronto Arts Council, gave it $461,625 last year; since 1998, it has given Soulpepper more than $3 million. “Soulpepper is not the first Toronto arts company to lose an entrepreneurial founder.

Source: thestar February 01, 2018 11:01 UTC