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While an industry staple, especially in the independent sector, cooperative profit share productions can be fraught with difficulties. As actor, composer and sound designer Ben Grant pithily puts it: ‘Profit share equals one stubbie and 14 straws.’ And whether experienced or newcomers to the industry, theatre-makers should be thorough when thrashing out a profit share agreement.
