Just last week we were excitedly looking ahead to a host of West End Theatres reopening their doors for Christmas. Yesterday, the UK government took the decision to move London into Tier 3, meaning that indoor entertainment is cancelled. Politicians had a difficult decision to make, balancing public health with the inevitable disappointment and damage …
Oliver Dowden has reportedly stated that he wants British theatres reopen by Christmas, even hinting that the need for social distancing may be removed. While the UK Culture Secretary may have created excitement and given grounds for optimism, the fact that cases of Coronavirus are rising in all parts of the UK still means that …
The nine time Olivier Award-winning production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child today announced that it will remain closed in the West End until at least February 2021. The news was released on social media, announcing that in light of the UK government’s recent advice, the cancellation of all performances at London’s Palace Theatre will be …
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Boris Johnson has announced that Live performance can resume in England from 1st August, subject to social distancing and pilot schemes being run in several venues.
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £1.57bn rescue package for the Arts sector.
The Broadway League announced this week that all productions on The Great White Way will remain closed until at least 3rd January 2021
UK Prime minister Boris Johnson announced today (Tuesday 23 June 2020) that theatres in England will soon be able to re-open, albeit with conditions in place (Wales, Scotland and N Ireland set their own timescales). Whilst West End theatre owners and producers await definitive guidance, it still appears unlikely that the West End will restart …
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Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced a planned test-run to reopen the London Palladium in July, inspired by a production of The Phantom of the Opera in South Korea which has remained open despite the Coronavirus pandemic. Lloyd Webber told BBC Radio 4 that “the local producers have done extraordinary work there”, and that the Phantom production has …
“British theatre is on the brink of total collapse. All the performing arts – theatre, dance, opera, comedy, theatre in education, Christmas pantomime, community shows – are facing the real possibility of complete obliteration. I know it sounds melodramatic. It beggars belief – but it is a statement of fact. Without an urgent government rescue …