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Charlotte Bennett and Katie Posner

“Touring new writing is what we do and we are going to fight for it”
Big InterviewsJun 27, 2024Joint artistic directors
Charlotte Bennett and Katie Posner. Photo: Rebecca Need-Menear
Charlotte Bennett and Katie Posner. Photo: Rebecca Need-Menear
As Paines Plough celebrates its 50th and its Roundabout tent’s 10th anniversary, the organisation’s joint artistic directors talk to Lyn Gardner about this year’s line-up, fighting for new writing remains central to the theatre ecology and how their enthusiasm for the company remains undimmed

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