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HighTide’s Inventing the Future weekender will feature six new scripts that playfully consider serious subjects, says artistic director Suba Das
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HighTide’s Inventing the Future weekender will feature six new scripts that playfully consider serious subjects, says artistic director Suba Das
‘We won’t be bouncing back’ – the unsettling truth about the big reopening Charlotte Higgins © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Johan Persson/PA “If we had to close down again,” says Andrew Lloyd Webber, “we couldn’t survive.” Webber is staging his new musical Cinderella, with book by Oscar-winner Emerald Fennell, in a full-capacity theatre in July, having already delayed its premiere twice. He has mortgaged his house in London and will be selling one of his seven theatres. “It cost £1m a month to keep them dark,” he says. “You can’t just lock...
âWe wonât be bouncing backâ â the unsettling truth about the big reopening Next week, after 14 months of closure and despair, the arts are reawakening. But the damage caused by Covid runs deep â and recovery is by no means assured Bygone days ⦠The Phantom of the Opera faces worrying staff cuts. Photograph: Johan Persson/PA Bygone days ⦠The Phantom of the Opera faces worrying staff cuts. Photograph: Johan Persson/PA Wed 12 May 2021 01.00 EDT âIf we had to close down again,â says Andrew Lloyd Webber, âwe couldnât survive.â Webber i...