Theatre companies cannot afford to be complacent, says Marcus Romer, artistic director of the Pilot Theatre Company in York.

BBC: Are regional theatres at risk?

Bierman, the former executive director of the Donmar Warehouse, left the theatre company for the Almeida Theatre earlier this year.

BBC: Michael Grandage sets up production company

Earlier Adrian Noble, artistic director of the RSC, hit back at critics of his record at the theatre company.

BBC: RSC plans get cautious welcome

Suzie Lowe, his daughter and current director of the company, told the BBC in December that the show would ensure the theatre "went out with a bang".

BBC: Felixstowe Spa Pavilion closes after final Aladdin show

It makes sense that the Irish Repertory Theatre should have taken an interest in a musical set in Innisfree, and Charlotte Moore, the company's artistic director, has contrived with her usual deftness to paper over the show's flaws and bring its considerable charms to the fore.

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