West End Productions Ensure The Shows Will Go On And Reopen
London’s West End productions are readjusting their preparations and procedures in order to be able to reopen shows fully in line with the government guidance in the UK. While the roadmap to recovery has faced several stumbling blocks and setbacks in recent months, particularly in the arts and entertainment sectors, the industry has refused to […]
Must the Show Go On?
I remember starting out the week of March 9th being pretty proud of our theatre (The Annoyance) for being quick to pivot and adapt to the potential threat from this new pandemic we were starting to really hear about. We had sent out mailings to all our patrons describing how we’d cut our seating capacity in half, set all the chairs and tables 6 feet apart, and I had put in an order for disposable microphone covers so we’d be ready for our open mic on Saturday. That was Tuesday. By Friday, we’d closed.