British theatre ‘on brink of total collapse’, says top producer

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Sonia Friedman calls for rescue package to save more than 1,000 theatres from permanent closure.

British theatre is on the “brink of total collapse”, according to one of the industry’s most successful producers, who has called for an urgent government rescue package to prevent more than 1,000 theatres from permanently closing.

Sonia Friedman, the producer behind West End hits such as The Book of Mormon and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, made the prediction in an article for the Telegraph , in which she said the performing arts faces “the real possibility of complete obliteration” without substantial government support.

 

Read more:https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/may/21/british-theatre-on-brink-of-collapse-sonia-friedman-west-end-london