Top UK Theatre producers are amongst those to threaten legal action against the UK government, amid continuing delays publishing data from trials of large scale events across the country. Sonia Friedman, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Cameron Mackintosh are just three of the Theatre Industry’s biggest hitters to add their voices to those of …
Beleaguered London theatres have finally begun to open again, after another an extended dark period. Despite the best efforts of Theatre owners, led by the heroic Nica Burns, to open at the end of 2021, venues were forced to close when a second wave of Covid-19 swept the UK in Autumn/Winter. Now spring is here …
Boris Johnson has announced a roadmap out of lockdown which means that theatres can make plans to re-open in May 2021
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 …
Producers and Theatre owners have expressed their devastation at the news that a second national lockdown will begin at one minute past midnight this Thursday 5th November, lasting for four weeks. Several shows had scheduled reopenings in the coming month, including hit musicals Six and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. Other shows including the Les Misérables …
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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Fans of Phantom of the Opera around the country are heartbroken today on hearing the news that the UK & Ireland tour is the latest victim of a global pandemic which threatens not only lives, but whole industries. The following statement was issued by Cameron Mackintosh & The Really Useful Groups today: STATEMENT FROM FROM …
“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 …