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Rob Halliday is a lighting designer and programmer

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Budget was a crushing disappointment for theatre sector

The Conservative Party doesn’t have a problem with Black female leadership, so why does theatre?

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Alexa Morden: ‘I’d love to demolish the hierarchy of power that exists in the industry'

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Solange Urdang: Theatres must do more to introduce backstage roles to kids

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Drama schools report ‘radical’ uplift in students on technical courses

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