Production: Jack Howson and Robyn Read

Can our theatrical landscape survive financially, and how might it need to creatively adapt to survive post pandemic? As part of the Lockdown Theatre Festival, Anne McElvoy’s panel features:

• Bertie Carvel – actor and executive producer of Lockdown Theatre Festival, whose roles include Rupert Murdoch in Ink, Miss Trunchbull in Matilda The Musical, and Simon in BBC One drama Doctor Foster.

• Amit Lahav – founder of Gecko, the internationally-touring physical theatre company based in Ipswich.

• Eleanor Lloyd – theatre producer, whose West End hits include Emilia, Nell Gwynn, and 1984.

• Roy Alexander Weise – Joint Artistic Director of Manchester Royal Exchange, awarded an MBE for services to drama.

The discussion also include playful, thoughtful contributions from theatre makers including Inua Ellams, Tamara Harvey, Emma Rice, Dominic Cavendish, Bertrand Lesca, Tim Etchells, David Lockwood and Selina Thompson and an interview with Caroline Dinenage MP

Source: BBC Radio 3