RSC Audience July 2015 at the RSC, Stratford upon Avon on the 30/07/2015. “The thrust of the voluntary redundancy programme is to try and mitigate and minimise any decisions we have to make further down the line,” explained Tamara. Andrew explained: “There are structures and ways of working which served the organisation perfectly well in the past, but have led to areas of duplication and inefficiency. “Philanthropy and people’s willingness to donate has also been hit hard,” added Andrew. “Fifteen years ago the expectations of creatives and actors artists coming to stay in Stratford were very different,” explained Tamara.