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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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Beck Theatre to close amid stalemate between council and operator Trafalgar Theatres

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Ruby Bentall: ‘I worried I would never get seen for theatre because I started in telly’

Lynette Linton: Representation matters behind the scenes as much as on stage

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