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Deborah Shaw, chief executive of Canterbury's Marlowe theatre, called its demise "an unwelcome blow", while Norwich Theatre boss Stephen Crocker said he was "very disappointed" about the decision, which was "understandable" but will "negatively impact us as a venue and, perhaps most profoundly, will impact audiences in the east of England".