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Josie Rourke: 'If Shakespeare was alive now he'd be under commission to Nica Burns' by Arifa Akbar

As You Like It comes to London's new venue @sohoplace this winter. The play's director and the theatre's owner discuss arts cuts, the industry's gender balance and the pandemic Arifa Akbar: Nica, what led you to open a new purpose-built theatre in the West End? Nica Burns: I was invited to meet Derwent plc who were regenerating a neglected corner of Soho. I didn't realise I was being auditioned but a year later I sig…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM on November 28, 2022

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