A Night Out
' The main job of our kind of theatre is to give people a night out.' (Director, Mercury Theatre, Colchester)
' You never know what grant you are getting, you are fighting all the time to stay open. It's a hopeless situation.' (Director, Humberside Theatre, Hull)
' One day the theatre will be like libraries: open all the time, accessible to many people and respectable.' (Director, Duke's Playhouse, Lancaster)
Arena visited three theatres to find out what they are doing, how they are doing it and why they think they should go on doing it.
Producer PETER ADAM