bodies like the city of birmingham symphony orchestra . birmingham symphony orchestra. t be the biggest element in that orchestras funding, but it is still a sign of a lack of belief that these orchestras, opera companies and theatre companies can contribute to the well—being of a city to and the health and happiness of those within it. >> do you think we're going to see theatres go dark as a result? it's perfectly, perfectly possible. >> some musical organisations have already done so, but i think the big challenge for the opera companies is how do they reinvent themselves in such a complex environment, this study that the arts council has produced comes up with the revolutionary insight that opera is an expensive art form. we know that, but we want to see it donein know that, but we want to see it done in innovative ways. we want to see small scale wagner, but alongside that, we need to see large scale zara aleena. and i think that is going to be the big challenge. the arts council used to be an advocate for all that was best in the arts , and that was best in the arts

sympathy —— symphony hall, all of those are losing their budgets, it will affect the city of birmingham symphony orchestral ballet. any small arts project is likely to be losing much of its funding over the next two years. the streetlights are going to be dimmed by 10%. years. the streetlights are going to be dimmed by10%. a years. the streetlights are going to be dimmed by 10%. a lot of people are worried about that because of the crime which affects the city. the bins will be collected fortnightly instead of every week. this is a city where you can still see bin bags piled up even though they have weekly collections. youth clubs will go, buildings will be sold, they might have to sell off part of the collection at the birmingham museum and art gallery to pay for those bills. it's a real pickle. it's something that's happening across the country but burning and because it's the largest local authority, there are about 1.2 million people here, then everything just seems massive in terms of the scale of the cuts people are facing and the suffering is likely to happen as a result. to give you one more examp