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Artists might cancel shows, donors withdraw and audiences flee. It all plays into the hands of his authoritarian project, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

A play by Adrian Edmondson. 17 March 2020, and theatres are closing their doors.

There are laugh-aloud gags and spiky dialogue as Roger Allam and Peter Forbes share the stage in Howard Brenton’s play about the 1942 encounter

So many pre-election promises: but still a cultural malaise spreads from our schools to museums, galleries and theatres, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins