In two days the Daily Telegraph carried two stories of woes in theatre - Broadway has hit a slump, or has it, and UK theatre will thrive, or will it?

Yesterday, the front page of the Daily Telegraph carried a "Crisis on Broadway" headline with Tom Leonard saying that "America's economic woes have taken a heavy toll on Broadway, where the final curtain is coming down on 15 shows in the next six weeks.". The hidden implication was that our turn would come.

However, today, Charles Spencer argues in "British theatre will thrive in a downturn" that most of the shows to close would have closed in this period anyway, or shortly afterwards and that with our broader base of shows and a foundation of subsidised theatre, we were more likely to weather the storm.

Robert Iles of SeatChoice.com comments: "I tend to agree with the later view; yes, times are tight and producers are not rushing to launch lavish new shows but in dismal times we all need cheering up and a trip to the theatre can be just the ticket - especially when you get a bargin, something that SeatChoice exists to help you with!"

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According to the National Fraud Strategic Authority, fraud is on the increase in the UK with further rises amid the turmoil in the banking industry. Mortgage frauds rake in around £700 million a year and are linked to the financing of organised crime and terrorist ‘safe houses’. Likewise, analysts cite the economic slowdown and rising unemployment are resulting in increases in crime, placing greater pressure on financial institutions and law firms to screen their customers against money laundering and white collar crime.

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