A sad and angry thread: The National Theatre is terminating the contracts of all casual staff across their building on 31 August despite the news that the government have put together a £1.57B rescue package for the arts. The NT is a National Portfolio Organisation and has ‘committed to improving gender, ethnicity and disability representation among their staff as part of their subsidy agreements with ACE since 2014/15.’ thestage.co.uk/news/slow-prog…