Speculation About Cancellations.

Also cracking jokes on social media that "it would be deadly to miss it".

Face book post from the oldest working cinema in the U.K. but what common sense ...


Our cinema has remained open through two world wars and the Spanish flu of 1918-1920. Boris Johnson's deliberately vague announcement seems purely to mitigate financial liability, and to avoid paying small businesses and millions of hospitality workers compensation for closure.

We have been in discussion today with our staff and regular customers and are all in agreement that until the authorities turn up at our door we will stay open.

For your added safety we will be reducing seating capacity significantly so you’ll have plenty of space and we will continue to regularly disinfect all surfaces.

We would kindly ask that you do not visit us if you feel unwell or think that you may be taking an unnecessary risk leaving your home. For everyone else, please enjoy our cinema as Brummies have done for the last 110 years.

Wasn't sure where to post this (since there's like 3 different CV threads going on), but St Martin's/The Mousetrap had to close last night for I believe the first time since the start of its run!?

I booked via hotelsdirect a hotel/theatre package, and I want to cancel and get a refund for at least the hotel. What's the best way to go about this?

Problem is we don't know how long St Martin's/the West End is meant to be shut for. For all we know it could be back open in a matter of weeks, so I'm a bit stuck here! Help!!

What’s going on with the Donmar? Cast members are tweeting that Far Away has been cancelled but the Donmar themselves haven’t said a word, are silent on social media, are still selling tickets and I just received an email from them saying this evening’s performance is going ahead which clearly is not true.

Very sad for shows/casts/crews etc. who may have performed their last shows without realising.

I was thinking about this too. And also with the Royal Ballet, that's it for Swan Lake for this season. I'm glad I managed to sneak a ticket to the first evening and was lucky enough to see Marianela Nunez and Vadim Muntagirov when I did.

It's worrying times all round for the industry though.

There is now a statement on the hoteldirect website


www.hoteldirect.co.uk/

They will contact you to "discuss your options", prioritising those who are travelling soonest.

How long do we think that theatres will be closed for? I note most statements refer to "until the end of the week" or similar but surely we are looking at several weeks? Or really until the peak has passed which could be months.

I am now really regretting having booked for a May Nunez/Muntagirov performance rather than a March one. With the other casts I wanted to see - Hayward/ Corrales, Naghdi/Ball, Magri/Sambe - all coming later in the run, it means I still have never managed to see a live Swan Lake. Guess I'll have to dig out the recording from the original run that was on the TV last Christmas. Oh well, on the plus side at least I now don't have to feel guilty about not booking for The Dante Project!

If this virus keeps mutating, as is feared, things will never go back to what we've previously considered normal.

Otherwise, if this outbreak is symmetrical, it's three months to the peak, then another three months to be back at the level we're at now. Possibly some limited reopening of entertainment venues then before the second wave.

Now, hopefully things aren't that bad. We'll get a more measured view from the countries that are ahead of us on the curve. But that won't tell the whole story if they have different climate patterns, or particularly if they're in the southern hemisphere.

And there's a chance we might get a vaccine sooner than the 18 months being talked about, all assuming the virus doesn't mutate.

I do think we'll see major changes to how to the world operates as a result of all of this.