Article: Bogdanov to wind up Welsh theatre company after tour; Decision due to dwindling funding, says director.(News)

MICHAEL BOGDANOV'S theatre company will fold after staging the world premiere of the musical version of blockbuster drama The Thorn Birds, the Western Mail can reveal.

The eminent director has announced that due to "dwindling funding" the Wales Theatre Company will be forced to cease operation in July.

Just weeks ago Bogdanov announced he would be staging a musical adaptation of Colleen McCullough's novel The Thorn Birds, which was turned into a cult TV mini-series during the early '80s, starring Richard Chamberlain as a priest who embarked on an illicit ...

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