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ON November 1, an event at Bridgwater Arts Centre will celebrate 40 years since the great Miners’ Strike in the British coalfields – and the 50th birthday of Birmingham’s political theatre company, Banner Theatre.
This longevity is an astonishing achievement for any theatre company, but for a political theatre group it’s pretty much superhuman.
Dave Rogers has been involved with Banner Theatre since 1974 and is now artistic director. How has Banner survived?
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