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The NPO arrivals: what happens when you join the national portfolio?

Long ReadsApr 5, 2023

New NPO members: Amy Letman; Selina Thompson; Ned Glasier; Rhiannon Faith; Owen Calvert-Lyons; Dominic Garfield. Photo: Leeds 2023/Alex Brenner/Camilla Greenwell/Paul Pickard

New NPO members: Amy Letman; Selina Thompson; Ned Glasier; Rhiannon Faith; Owen Calvert-Lyons; Dominic Garfield. Photo: Leeds 2023/Alex Brenner/Camilla Greenwell/Paul Pickard

What happens when you become a national portfolio organisation? Lyn Gardner meets the exciting theatremakers joining the portfolio to find out how they are adjusting to life as an NPO and the advantages – and pressures – that status bring

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