Editor’s note: This morning the SummerWorks Theatre Festival issued an urgent statement regarding changes in its funding situation. From that statement: “After a tremendously productive five-year partnership with Heritage Canada, the Festival has just received notice that this partnership is not going to be renewed for the 2011 season.” This cut amounts to 20 per cent of the festival’s budget—a large hole to fill in just five-and-a-half weeks. (SummerWorks begins August 4). Below is the story we wrote about the controversies surrounding the festival, originally published August 4, 2010.