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There have been many many points made about the arts here and I just want to maybe clarify one of the overriding themes of the arts only being for the upper classes/elites ...
I work with and regularly visit around 250 theatres in the UK, many in extremely poor and under-funded areas (the Medway valley being a standout candidate). I would say without a doubt that the vast, vast majority of these organisations work primarily to interact with and enrich the local community. They pour huge amounts of (often their own free-) time and (mostly customer donated) money into running programmes for local schools and communities in an attempt to provide distraction and alternative developmental paths for children and young adults.
I don't think I know of another industry that does more for deprived or underfunded parts of this country, in fact. And definitely not in a way that puts smiles on so many young peoples faces.