'I haven't had a drink since I started': how theatre got me off the streets
Theatre Royal Plymouth is one of many UK arts venues facing crisis. Clive, who sells the Big Issue outside the theatre, explains how it changed his life After 23 years on the streets I managed to get into a hostel in Plymouth and was determined to stop drinking. I went past the Theatre Royal one day and I thought, I'd love to have a go at that " it could be the pitch for me. I went into the Big Issue office and they …