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The Shock of the Old: Can today’s audiences handle 1950s plays?

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Is the subsidised sector to West End transfer in danger of becoming a rarity?

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The Edinburgh Fringe is facing its biggest fight for survival yet

Original musicals such as Six and Why Am I So Single? remain a hard sell in the West End

Is the subsidised sector to West End transfer in danger of becoming a rarity?

Critics are not marketeers, but the lines are being blurred on social media

The Edinburgh Fringe is facing its biggest fight for survival yet

How can we be more open-minded as an industry in a dire situation?

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Hamlet, September 11, 2024

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