Spanish artists sell porn in protest over taxes on theatre

Madrid

A GROUP of Spanish actresses has found a novel way to protest the government's taxation of the performing arts: They're selling pornography.

Theatre company Primas de Riesgo is registering as a porn distributor after getting hold of 300 back issues of magazine Free People. The twist is that each copy includes a free ticket to The Prodigious Magician at Madrid's New Alcala Theatre this month because tax on magazines is less than a fifth of admission to a play.

The producers of the Calderon de la Barca 17th-century drama join Oscar winners Pedro Almodovar and Javier Bardem and other members of the Spanish arts world in attacking the government for rai…