Holy crap! First of all, don't say governments money is your money. It is not. Once you(or anyone)pay your taxes, it is no longer your money. So let the government decide how to spend it. After all it is government by the people, right? Secondly, the person who is interested in theatre & is also a tax payer like you and me, is paying his share for the play tickets. So your solution of again asking him for the money is not wise I guess, is it?. Having said that, the main problem of Mrs. Babbar still persists. My solution would be, of course first is the government. Second, why not approach the big companies or celebrities for the sponsorship. In Bangalore, companies like Google, Infosys, Yahoo, & etc. spend millions of rupees for the events like BarCamps & FOSS.in every year. There must be industries like Reliance or Godrej or Patni Comps. etc. in Mumbai which can do the same for the theatre. What say?