In February, the Actors Centre was relaunched as the Seven Dials Playhouse, offering a year-round theatre programme with workshops, classes and seminars in response to the themes of each play, created in tandem with each visiting company.
In response to the rebrand, a campaign called Actor at the Centre was launched, led by former members and tutors of the Actors Centre who have criticised the organisation for a ‘lack of transparency’ over the changes.
The group, which is backed by stars such as Sheila Hancock and Mark Rylance, argues that there was a lack of consultation over the decision to change the charity’s business model to a receiving venue, and say the decision to abolish regular classes marks the ‘loss of a vital resource for actors’.
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