Dear Mr Freeman

Recent news reports -
http://www.DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-4797790/Home-Office-refuses-visas-Arab-artists-Edinburgh.html
- highlight the Home Office's high rate of seemingly arbitrary refusals of visas
for Arab artists who had intended to perform at this summer's Edinburgh Fringe,
depriving Britons of the chance to see themes from the Arab world portrayed -
depriving us, in effect, of the chance to be challenged in our beliefs and to
think critically about others'.  Theatre and the sociopolitical discourse
surrounding it make important sustenance for any democracy.  Would you ask
Amber Rudd, please, what do she and her staff have against Britain's
participation in global theatre?

Kind regards
Matthew BELMONTE