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Manchester theatre head: Easter warnings are ‘frightening’

Posted on December 27, 2020 by mkmswain

“The big frustration is that it’s really difficult to find a logic in all of this,” says Roy Alexander Weise, joint artistic director of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, of the current situation facing his sector. Read my full … Continue reading →

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The West End panto forced to move to Easter – if it can survive

Posted on December 27, 2020 by mkmswain

Is Easter the new Christmas? Producer James Seabright certainly hopes so. His Potted Panto, a best-bits of compendium of seven different pantomimes, opened and then closed prematurely in the West End when London was put into Tier 3. So, he’s … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Fringe faces the future: why a 2021 cancellation would be a ‘national tragedy’

Posted on December 22, 2020 by mkmswain

Looming on the horizon is a huge decision for the arts industry: whether or not to proceed with an in-person Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2021. The world’s largest arts festival, which in 2018 featured more than 55,000 performances of 3,548 shows in … Continue reading →

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Park Theatre chief Jez Bond brands the Government’s strategy and Tier 4 ‘disastrous’

Posted on December 22, 2020 by mkmswain

“It’s pretty disastrous.” That’s the view of Jez Bond, artistic director of London’s Park Theatre, of these last few weeks of Government decision-making, which have seen several regions plunged into first Tier 3 and then Tier 4 – meaning their theatres are … Continue reading →

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