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How can drama schools help solve theatre’s skills crisis?

Royal Shakespeare Company apprentices Kate Bradley, operations apprentice, automation; Jessie Humby, apprentice costume maker; Olivia Creed, stage and props apprentice. Photos: Sara Beaumont
Royal Shakespeare Company apprentices Kate Bradley, operations apprentice, automation; Jessie Humby, apprentice costume maker; Olivia Creed, stage and props apprentice. Photos: Sara Beaumont
Drama schools are adapting their approach to training to help bridge a skills gap that is showing worrying signs of becoming endemic, but there is only so much they can do. Figures from both the training sector and the industry talk to Theo Bosanquet about the root causes of the problem and what needs to happen to tackle the shortage

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