Two major London theatres reject funds from Sackler Trust

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Roundhouse and Donmar Warehouse turn down money deriving from painkiller linked to opioid crisis in the US

Two leading theatres have turned down funding from the Sackler Trust – including a £1m donation that had been offered to London’s Roundhouse – in the latest fallout from claims linking the Sackler family fortune to the US opioid drug crisis.

 

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