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Live-performance sector faces ‘cost-of-touring crisis’, warns MU

Summerhall buyer vows arts 'will remain a priority' at Edinburgh Fringe venue

Summerhall pursued by HMRC for £500k unpaid corporation tax

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Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner is a theatre critic and associate editor of The Stage. Read her weekly column every Monday.

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