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Issue 205: Trends in Touring

  • Trends in Touring

    My gurus

    02 Nov 2009

    Patrick Spottiswoode names those who have inspired him most.

    Martin Wright
    I would have dropped out of the University of Warwick at the end of my first year had it not been for Martin. His teaching sparked and then developed my interest in Elizabethan and Jacobean literature and drama. He taught me how to ‘read’ plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. His courses inspired me to embark on the Globe’s current 30 year project to stage performances with scripts of all the plays published between 1567 and 1660. I haven’t seen him for many years... more

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    Arts venues’ income from hires has taken a pasting in the recession. Miles Eady shares some survival tactics in the current climate, and suggests we stop blaming the credit crunch.

  • Hotspot

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    Nick Beasley considers impending changes for the arts in Wales and how they will help redefine excellence.

  • My gurus

    02 Nov 2009

    Patrick Spottiswoode names those who have inspired him most.

  • Need to know

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  • On the road

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    Rural touring is a well kept secret, but one that the National Rural Touring Forum doesn’t want to keep, writes Ralph Lister.

  • Thinking ahead

    02 Nov 2009

    Touring can be an important part of a survival strategy. Phil Gibby lays out three important lessons that WNO has learned.

  • Learning Disability and Contemporary Theatre Jon Palmer and Richard Hayhow

    02 Nov 2009

  • New ears

    02 Nov 2009

    Contemporary music does not enjoy the same accessibility as contemporary art. Hannah Bujic suggests some ways to change this.

  • Let them all come

    02 Nov 2009

    Networking and new ideas are essential when trying to get the right balance of touring work in a venue, writes Simon Hollingworth.

  • Talking touring

    02 Nov 2009

    As traditional patterns become increasingly difficult to maintain, ITC members are concerned about the challenges facing the touring sector. Charlotte Jones explains some of their fears.

  • Island of theatre

    02 Nov 2009

    Siobhán Bourke, Jane Daly and Pádraig Ó Siadhail explain how a new catalogue of Irish plays will seek to bridge the gap between Irish-language theatre and English-language theatre in Ireland.