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Article: South Bank centre seedy and squalid, say MPs
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 27, 2002
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THE SOUTH Bank centre in London, the world's largest arts complex,
was described by MPs yesterday as a "squalid, seedy and menacing
environment".
The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee
said it was "unacceptable" that artistic events of the highest
quality were "condemned" to take place in such an environment.
In its report on investigations into the South Bank and the Royal
Shakespeare Company, the committee, chaired by Gerald Kaufman, noted
the first stage of restoration of the Royal Festival Hall would soon
take place, and called for a proper restoration of the whole complex.
The committee said: "It is essential that, at very long last,
decisive action must be ...