Our colleague and friend Nicola Thorold, who has died aged 51 of leukaemia, was a champion of innovative grassroots theatre. As chief executive of the Independent Theatre Council (1993-2000), she established a powerful voice in campaigning for smaller organisations to receive more resources and attention.She put the resulting experience to use as director of theatre at Arts Council England (ACE) from 2000 to 2006, ov…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PM on August 2, 2016