The actor and director Samuel West, who is a trustee for the Campaign for the Arts, said: “Without the undergraduate course at the BOVTS, we might never have witnessed the extraordinary (and profitable) talent of actors like Olivia Colman and Daniel Day-Lewis, to name but two. Courses like these give students life-changing opportunities; they are the bedrock of our cultural life. We need urgent action to protect and expand everyone’s access to the arts, now and in the future.”