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Hello and welcome back to our roundup of news from across the industry. From stage to screens big and small, we’ve got you covered. It’s everything you need to know and all you can’t afford to miss. Critic made ‘unforgivable racial slur’.Journalist and theatre critic Quentin Letts made an ‘extended and unforgivable racial slur’ against the actor Leo Wringer in his review of the RSC production of ‘The Fantastic Follies of Mr. Rich’. In his Daily Mail review, the well-known critic asked if Leo Wringer was ‘cast because he is black’ and suggested that the RSC were ‘under pressure the Arts Council to tick inclusiveness boxes’. The RSC quickly released a response, saying they were ‘shocked and deeply troubled’ by the suggestion that Wringer was cast because of his ethnicity and that the critic had written an ‘ugly and prejudiced commentary’. Last week Wringer, who has appeared in numerous acclaimed roles,...