“Over 6,600 productions were staged across the venues in 2014 – an increase of 2% on 2013 – earning £438.6m in ticket sales. Venues that seat over 500 and principally present, rather than produce, took three quarters of this total – a proportion that appears to be rising. Producing theatres also enjoyed growth though, with larger venues taking 9.6% more at the box office in 2014 and smaller ones 3.5%.”
Tag: 11.04.15
Colin Welland, 81, Screenwriter Of ‘Chariots Of Fire’
“The success of Chariots of Fire was perhaps as improbable as that of Mr. Welland, who had once abandoned his dreams of acting to teach art. … Among his other credits was the screenplay for the 1989 film A Dry White Season, … [and] with Walter Bernstein, … the 1979 John Schlesinger film Yanks.”