Lloyd Webber: theatres need to be more commercial

“Ownership of a listed building imposes on the owner a kind of involuntary trusteeship of what is deemed to be part of our national heritage. But buildings that are in living use cannot be treated as if they are museum assets”

The red tape surrounding listed buildings makes it impossible to run Britain's ageing theatre stock profitably, Andrew Lloyd Webber has told the House of Lords. via This is London