The Stage: Venue closures on cards, warns Equity chief
Equity general secretary Christine Payne has warned of difficult times ahead for the theatre sector, claiming she expects to see more venues facing the threat of closure over the next year, as cuts to public sector funding begin to bite.
Payne was speaking at Equity’s annual representative conference, held in London at the weekend. She warned members that the problems facing subsidised theatres would have a knock-on effect to actors’ pay, claiming the union’s attempt to negotiate a £400 per week minimum pay deal for the subsidised repertory sector was likely to prove difficult because of the squeeze on those venues’ finances.
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