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SHOP TALK
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Tuesdays 16:00-16:30
Intelligent and entertaining conversation about business, money, technology and workplace issues.

Presented by Heather Payton, each programme picks up on trends and returns to stories that have moved out of the headlines.
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Tuesday 2 August 2005

Show Business

In the first of the new series, Heather Payton and guests discuss the current state of British theatre.

Despite the stories about crumbling old auditoriums and struggling regional venues, it's one of our big success stories, contributing more than two-and-a-half billion pounds to the economy.

GUESTS

Nica Burns
impressario and joint owner of Nimax Theatres.

Stuart Rogers
executive director of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Ben Thomas
acting artistic director of the Talawa Theatre Company

Professor Dominic Shellard
head of the school of English, Sheffield University

Neil Murray
executive director, Scotland's National Theatre

Alex Murdoch
artistic director, Cartoon de Salvo Theatre Company

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