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News from the business of theatre: funding decisions and Arts Council England announcements, the finances of touring and regional venues, industry research and attendance figures, and the openings, closures and campaigns that shape what reaches the stage.

The MIB260 company in rehearsal for Bristol Old Vic's schools tour. Photo by Tundun Adebanjo
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Bristol Old Vic sends two new plays on a free tour of 19 Bristol secondary schools

Bristol Old Vic is taking A Brit?ish Museum and Dead Air out of its King Street home and into 19 of the city's secondary schools this autumn, at no cost to the schools, as theatre leaders warn that young people's access…

London City Ballet dancers in rehearsal. Photo by ASH
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London City Ballet named a core partner in The Royal Ballet’s new five-year choreography programme

London City Ballet has been named a core partner in The Royal Ballet: FUTUREWORKS, a five-year programme announced by Royal Ballet and Opera to give choreographers working in classical ballet a settled structure in…

Key art for Raise the Roof! at the Victoria Palace Theatre, hosted by Bradley Walsh in aid of the Denville Hall Centenary Appeal
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Bradley Walsh to host Raise the Roof! at the Victoria Palace for Denville Hall's centenary

Bradley Walsh will host Raise the Roof! at the Victoria Palace Theatre on 1 November, a single evening staged jointly by Denville Hall and Elstree Studios to mark the hundredth year of each.

Jack Thorne. Photo by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Analysis: Jack Thorne’s five AI proposals, and whether any of them can work

Jack Thorne used a speech at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Sunday to set out five things he wants the Government to do about AI and writers.

Thabo Stuck-Mekela outside the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury
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The Marlowe Theatre appoints Thabo Stuck-Mekela to new Director of Vocational Strategy role

The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury has appointed Thabo Stuck-Mekela as its first Director of Vocational Strategy, a new director-level post created to expand the theatre’s vocational training and to build fresh routes…