Producers of a hardcore sex show have disputed claims by the national arts quango that it was misled over the details of the project’s “non-simulated” performance before approving funding.
A decision by Creative Scotland to provide more than £100,000 for a production called Rein caused uproar after it emerged last month that it included a sequence “set in a cave where the characters could riotously hump”.
The project was described as a “raucous communal exploration of dyke sexuality” that included “a secret cave sex party”.
The bulk of the funding was promptly withdrawn by the national arts agency.
Critics questioned why Rein had been given such substantial public funding when other more mainstream theatre companies were struggling. Angus Robertson, the culture secretary, said that the
