Moulin Rouge - Piccadilly Theatre

It must be a fair few people having it for this to be happening?

Aren’t they still in previews though so unlikely all covers etc are rehearsed and ready to go.

Hmm. 

Hmmmm

What a strange coincidence it would be, if after the Covid cancellations were over, the leading man just… never returned?

It must be- they’ve removed Monday- weds off sale on the website. Multiple cast have Covid and no understudies will have been rehearsed in

I’ve seen that performance on sale. Maybe some extra tickets they were selling?

Time will tell

I don’t see how the two are linked.

The cast more than likely picked it up travelling to and from the theatre- or you know, living their lives.

I do agree though that it’s madness that theatres aren’t enforcing mask wearing. One problem with this show is that, when I went at least, most people around me were knocking back drink throughout the entire show. Everyone taking advantage of not having to wear a mask while you are eating or drinking. It’s a losing battle when they are encouraging drinking in your seat.

I am not intending to make a direct link between the covid cases within the Moulin Rouge cast and the lack of audience mask wearing but masks in general reduce transmissibility in the building so if I was an actor my strong preference would be to perform in front of a masked audience. Lauren Ward from Dear Evan Hansen has tweeted to that effect as have others including Jason Manford.

Moulin Rouge made a whole thing on how they were going to enforce mask wearing, and announcements were duly blasting out through the auditorium, only to be comprehensively ignored by around 70% of the audience and there was no enforcement. As mrbarnaby says it's hard to do so when drinks are taken in.

Cabaret checks for the negative covid test but again, inside, doesn't mandate masks wearing (but unlike Moulin Rouge never said it intended to).

I'm the same as everyone else here, it would absolutely break my heart if all these wonderful West End shows and theatres had to shut down again, and if a booze ban during the show and a mandate to wear a piece of cloth around your gob in some way contributes to preventing a shutdown, then I'm totally here for it.

There’s no chance in hell that they’d ban alcohol given how much of a revenue generator it is for the theatre.

I believe we have TWO out of over 30 open theater on Broadway now that aren’t selling food/drinks - the Sondheim & The Beaumont. Every other theater is still selling it but people do just pull their mask down to drink then it goes right back up. Failure to keep your mask on actually means you’ll be removed.