“When we closed… we didn’t have enough money in the bank to see us through. We could have paid April’s wages… but we wouldn’t have been able to pay May’s.”
Writer and artistic director Henry Filloux-Bennett's digital journey back from the brink
The Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield has had a good Covid. But it needn’t have turned out that way.
“When we closed,” says artistic director Henry Filloux-Bennett, “we didn’t have enough money in the bank to see us through. We could have paid April’s wages for everyone, but we wouldn’t have been able…