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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Royal Court refuses to rule out job losses as funding cuts bite

Laurie Kynaston and George Fouracres  in Mates in Chelsea at the Royal Court in November 2023
Laurie Kynaston and George Fouracres in Mates in Chelsea at the Royal Court in November. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian

The Royal Court is considering making redundancies as part of a restructuring process after admitting it needs to find a new business model to sustain the theatre following a difficult financial year and cuts to its funding.

The theatre, which is dedicated to new writing and recently installed David Byrne as its new artistic director after Vicky Featherstone’s 10-year tenure, said it was “remodelling” the way it worked and “reassessing staff teams” in order to secure the long-term future of the organisation, while refusing to rule out redundancies.

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