Rare chat with theatre owner and producer Nica Burns

15th November 2010

 

INTERVIEW: NICA BURNS

Philip Fisher persuades Nica Burns, current President of the Society of London Theatre, to reflect on a career that started on the Fringe, and eventually led to ownership of Nimax – a production company which she runs along with Max Weitzenhoffer – and five West End theatres.

There are no more cuts to be made. The government is very short-sighted because I don’t really see it as a subsidy, it’s an investment.