Crisis in theatre, Stuart Evers new novel, Eurovision the film, Bristol’s Colston statue

Front Row · Jun 25, 2020 · 28m

Redundancies at the Theatre Royal Plymouth - over 100 jobs have been announced at risk as income falls by over 90 per cent due to the pandemic. We hear about the devastating impact on staff and the region, the threat to the theatre’s existence, and the warning bell it sounds to the future of theatre across the country.Stuart Evers on his new novel, The Blind Light – a story of two families from across the class divide and across the decades, living in the shadow of nuclear fear and political events of the past 60 years.The statue of Edward Colston - now it's been fished out of Bristol…