Most UK theatre directors earn less than five grand a year

Most UK theatre directors earn less than five grand a year

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norman lebrecht

January 08, 2015

Shocking statistics in a survey just published by The Stage. Half of the directors who responded to a survey earned less than £5,000 a year, many less than £1 an hour. Read here.

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Comments

  • Anne says:

    When asked to comment, a representative of HM Revenue and Customs said:

    “Yeah, right.”

  • Graeme Hall says:

    What the report actually says, and I quote, is:

    “Of those who responded, half earned less than £5,000 a year FROM THEATRE.”

    Emphasis added.

    Not quite the same thing.

  • Prewartreasure says:

    .
    In the words of Edgar Allan Poe: ‘Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear’.

    Utter nonsense.

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