Elsewhere in London, funding went to Bermondsey Artists' Group, Shoreditch Town Hall, and the Bush Theatre.

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Josie Rourke, artistic director at the Bush theatre in west London since 2007, will take over Grandage's role at the Donmar in the new year.

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Rourke added that she would continue to oversee the Bush theatre's move into its new home at the old Shepherd's Bush Library before joining the Donmar.

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