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Kenny whose array of hit shows also include The Play That Goes Wrong and Top Hat, said: “The Government have put a lot of money into these theatres, quite rightly, to keep them afloat, but you now have to have shows to put into them.
And you will only get shows if you can guarantee a socially distanced balance of box office, if that is what it needs to be.
“Rather than us bidding against each other for a slice of the cultural recovery fund money we have chosen to try and come together and create something that would benefit the whole industry.