Theatre News
The £76.8m fund most small venues can't reach
£76.8m sounds like the answer to every leaking theatre roof in the country. Four weeks before the deadline, here is who can realistically apply.
Theatre News
The ghost at the devolution feast has been given a chair
Culture made it into the Devolution Act after all. But competence is permission, not duty, and for most small venues the lease matters more than the grant ever did.
Theatre News
Repayable grants return: who the 400-seat rule leaves out
The Arts Council has found a way to spend the same money twice. Whether any of those shows ever reach your town comes down to a single number buried in the eligibility rules.
Making Shows
Auditions and the Night I Almost Left
There's a peculiar kind of dread when you walk into a room full of strangers who all know everyone but you. How do we fight the Interloper Demon?