“Takings topped £528.3m in 2011 – up 3.1% on a like-for-like basis on the previous year. Due to the closure of a number of theatres while new shows were set up, the overall attendance was 13.9m – down 1.73% on 2010.”
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How New York’s Signature Theater Raised Money For Its New Gehry-Designed Home
The company had some impressive models of their starchitect’s design – but no place to show it off to prospective donors. Enter one of Signature’s alumni – Oscar-winning actor Edward Norton.
Sydney’s Top Museum Takes Its Time Finding New Director
“Six months after Edmund Capon announced his retirement as director, the Art Gallery of New South Wales is no closer to naming a successor.”
Videogamers Go On Non-Killing Spree
“Videogames have long been assailed for their violent themes and gruesome imagery. But a small slice of players has embraced a new strategy: not killing. They are imparting real-world morals on their virtual-world characters and completing entire games on a ‘pacifist run” – the term for beating a blood-and-guts adventure without drawing any blood.”