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Celebrity Traitors’ Julie Hesmondhalgh: theatres should be 100% faithful to ‘local stories’

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As she leaves the Traitors castle to star in The Pelicot Trial and receive a lifetime achievement award, the actor has highlighted ‘a loss of regional identity’ caused by funding pressures on UK theatres There has been “a loss of regional identity” i…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:42:20 UTC.

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  1. Julie Hesmondhalgh left Celebrity Traitors 'with head held high'

  2. Celebrity Traitors’ Julie Hesmondhalgh: theatres should be 100% faithful to ‘local stories’

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