Poll: Does theatre offer enough support to older people entering the industry?

Last week, Lyn Gardner questioned whether the industry does enough to support emerging talent over the age of 30. She wrote: “Theatre often talks about the new and the young as if they are the same thing, which they are not. You can be an emerging writer or director in your 40s and 50s. I know somebody who has only recently dipped a toe into directing after raising a family.” This week we’re asking: Does theatre offer enough support to older people entering the industry?