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Act to amend the Performance Establishment Act and the National Opera Act

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

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13 September 2021

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The amendments make the legislation related to performance activities clearer and more flexible. The Act on Performance Establishments in its current form has caused uncertainty in the financing of theaters. The bill changes the arrangement of state funding of performance institutions so that it is clearer, more flexible and causes less litigation. Due to the current practice, the work processes of performance institutions are being modernized. The bill reduces the obligations of performance institutions and administrative burden. At the same time, all organizers of public performances and concerts have an additional obligation to disclose information related to the accessibility of the performance or concert and the place where it takes place, which concerns the participation of people with special needs in culture. The changes have been made with the aim of better supporting the diversity of the field and the availability of performing arts across Estonia. The change in the law affects all performance institutions in Estonia, of which there are about 50. These in the context of this draft, private concert organizers are not included. According to Statistics Estonia, in 2020, 398,500 Estonian residents aged at least 15 visited the theater at least once, and 424,500 people attended the concert. According to the most recently published statistics, in 2019 an adult theater visitor had to pay an average of 14.85 euros for a ticket. In the same year, the average net monthly salary in Estonia was around 1162 euros. Considered affordable ticket price, which is in the order of one percent of the average monthly salary. In 2019, the average theater ticket price was 1.28 percent of the average monthly salary. To ensure that the balance between the ticket price and the residents' incomes does not decrease, the state budget will continue to support performance institutions in the future, and this will be the case for municipal and private performance institutions in addition to performance institutions operating as foundations established by the state.

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