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Dr Farah Karim-Cooper, Head of Higher Education and Research at the organisation, said that commonly-used lighting and stage design techniques can put actors of colour at a disadvantage, and risk making them “merge into the background”. The comments have been criticised as “almost uneducated” by the Association of Lighting Designers, who said the Globe stage is simply illuminated to recreate daylight.

CEO Janet Owen has announced she will leave the trust, following several redundancies and the voluntary departure of three trustees earlier in the year.

Cost and a lack of educational opportunities mean that aspiring working class actors are being “cut off in the bud”, said Maureen Beattie.

UK touts face a further squeeze with the announcement that Live Nation is to shut down two European resale sites and replace them with a price-capped platform on its main Ticketmaster site.

A clampdown on visas led to a dozen authors facing unprecedented barriers to visiting the Edinburgh International Book Festival this year, according to director Nick Barley, who had to work with MPs, MSPs, the British Council and Home Office staff to enable them to attend the festival.