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Why British theatres are on the brink of going bust

Audiences are up, ticket prices are ‘down’ and the industry is nearing tipping point

Alex Wood

Alex Wood

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23 May 2025

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dingram_kiwi from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Welcome to the latest episode of the WhatsOnStage Podcast!

As a new report highlights the crisis in British theatres, chief critic Sarah Crompton and editor-in-chief Alex Wood reveal the depth of the difficulties caused by standstill subsidy and rising costs and in particular the challenges for regional theatre and touring.

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