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'Game changer': £5m pilot scheme set to boost struggling touring sector

'Game changer': £5m pilot scheme set to boost struggling touring sector

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Incentivising Touring is a new pilot scheme that is aimed at supporting and promoting the ‘crucial touring ecology in the theatre and dance sectors‘, ACE said, by removing some of the financial risk on touring productions. It is aimed at ‘large-scale productions‘ with commercial potential

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Burnt-Up Love review
“Cinematic intensity”

Burnt-Up Love review

Finborough Theatre, London
Fierce, compelling performances bring heart to this stylised story of crime, cruelty and redemption
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Opinion

Lyn Gardner
by Lyn Gardner

Funded venues are struggling. It’s why fringe theatre is so important

Fringe theatre has played a significant role in the development of playwriting and of careers over the past 60 years – and it’s crucial for audiences too, says Lyn Gardner
David Benedict
by David Benedict

Finally – a decent theatre trailer

Most theatre trailers are actually, despite what PRs might hope, no help at all in selling tickets, says David Benedict, but I’ve just seen one that might defy that trend

Editor's View

by Alistair Smith

Budget was a crushing disappointment for theatre sector

Despite widespread optimism in theatre around Labour’s return to government, the principal impact of its first Budget is a damaging increase to employers’ national insurance contributions that will be felt in both the commercial and subsidised sectors and will affect theatres’ ability to employ staff
When is it okay for management to intervene in the creative process?

When is it okay for management to intervene in the creative process?

The Green Room
Welcome to our weekly discussion forum for key issues facing those working in theatre and the performing arts. This week, we ask our panellists when they think it is okay for management to intervene in the creative process?
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Sutton Foster

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Carrie Hope Fletcher

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Julian Bird

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Nancy Carroll

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Adam Cooper

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Max Webster
“I’m in my power. I can now do projects I really want to do”

Max Webster

Director
The award-winning director is responsible for some of the most celebrated productions of recent years, from the stage adaptation of Life of Pi to the starry West End staging of Macbeth, fast proving himself as a director in demand and at the top of his game. He tells Tim Bano about his theatre journey, nostalgia and making work that speaks to as many people as possible
Charlie Bunker and Gabby Vautier
“Sometimes it feels as if we are on Dragons’ Den every day”

Charlie Bunker and Gabby Vautier

Kate McGrath
“I’m excited by artists, but also by audiences and their potential”

Kate McGrath

Producer
Timberlake Wertenbaker
“Writing is an optimistic act. Why would you do it otherwise?”

Timberlake Wertenbaker

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Amit Sharma
“I have got a lot to prove, because of who I am”

Amit Sharma

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Director

Emma Rice

Director

Chris Stafford

Chief executive

Antonio Pappano

Conductor and music director

Francesca Moody

Producer

Jane Asher

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Elizabeth McGovern

Actor

Sutton Foster

Performer

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Actor

Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Nancy Carroll

Actor

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Forced Entertainment at 40: ‘We’re part of British theatre, but we’re also not part of it’

Forced Entertainment at 40: ‘We’re part of British theatre, but we’re also not part of it’

by Natasha Tripney
The experimental theatre company has a reputation for creating difficult, confrontational work, but the fact it is marking its 40th anniversary tells a different story about its ability to appeal to audiences. Artistic director Tim Etchells tells Natasha Tripney about the group’s evolution and its revolutionary rehearsal process
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Meet NTGent’s new in-house artist – but Alva Ishii doesn’t really exist

Meet NTGent’s new in-house artist – but Alva Ishii doesn’t really exist

by Natasha Tripney
Vital artistic experiment or dangerous sign of the times? As NTGent introduces its AI-created in-house artist, Natasha Tripney talks to the theatre company’s artistic leadership – and to Alva Ishii herself – about the concept, ethics and the future of theatre
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