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Post by CG on the loose on May 29, 2020 0:24:57 GMT
I'd say the London Palladium first need to work out how to get people into their theatre without the usual crush on Argyll Street entrance and along the snaking corridor through the bar to the Stalls...
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Post by londonpostie on May 29, 2020 12:55:41 GMT
Now there's a striking moment. Link to article below the image:
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Post by adolphus on May 29, 2020 16:59:23 GMT
The Chancellor isn't going to exempt any sector from continuing to benefit from the furlough scheme past October which is very bad news for I suspect all theatres.
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Post by talkingheads on May 29, 2020 17:40:34 GMT
The Chancellor isn't going to exempt any sector from continuing to benefit from the furlough scheme past October which is very bad news for I suspect all theatres. Also lots of freelance actors, comedians and musicians have fallen through the cracks without any financial help as it is and seemingly continue to do so. |
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Post by lynette on May 29, 2020 18:03:08 GMT
I'd say the London Palladium first need to work out how to get people into their theatre without the usual crush on Argyll Street entrance and along the snaking corridor through the bar to the Stalls... And the mice.......just saying.... |
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Post by CG on the loose on May 30, 2020 17:30:46 GMT
I'd say the London Palladium first need to work out how to get people into their theatre without the usual crush on Argyll Street entrance and along the snaking corridor through the bar to the Stalls... And the mice.......just saying.... Haha! Never actually met a Palladium mouse ... seen plenty elsewhere in the West End though! |
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Post by lynette on May 30, 2020 18:29:16 GMT
I’m told theatre in Paris will be on from 22 June.
Anyone know more?
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Post by baguette on Jun 1, 2020 15:10:43 GMT
I’m told theatre in Paris will be on from 22 June. Anyone know more? The French Government had a big update on Phase 2 of the deconfinement plan on Thursday. They confirmed that theatres and concert halls can open on 2 June in the areas of France 'green' for COVID activity (basically, that's everywhere apart from Paris). Paris theatres can open from 22 June - think that is still subject to achieving 'green' on COVID. Cinemas nationally can open from 22 June but in reality that will be 24 June, as weekly film distribution date is a Wednesday. The Ministry of Culture has published guidelines for theatres which include the requirement for 1m social distancing, control around audience flow, backstage arrangements and hygiene protocols. (ETA Mask wearing will be required for the audience and theatre personnel apart from artists) They are still thrashing out what that means and whether there will be an overall cap on attendance as well as the need for safe spacing. The Government guidelines state that one seat needs to be left empty between booking groups, and a booking group can't be more than 10 people. Italy has a cap of 200 for any indoor event and if France sets the same requirement, the sector won't survive without ongoing financial aid. Theatres in general close for the summer here, so the June opening date is notional, but at least will allow autumn schedules to be confirmed and opened for booking. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 1, 2020 15:46:01 GMT
I was in Paris for funny girl at the end of feb, came back via London and spent two nights and two shows there. Those theatres must have been veritable petrie dishes of infection. I wonder if I might have actually had the virus 🤒😷, I was off my food at one point...
...for about two hours
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Post by richey on Jun 1, 2020 20:33:57 GMT
Anyone else had another 'After the Interval' survey? Just had one from the Lowry with a lot more questions about future theatre going and possible options.
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Post by n1david on Jun 1, 2020 21:26:18 GMT
Anyone else had another 'After the Interval' survey? Just had one from the Lowry with a lot more questions about future theatre going and possible options. I haven't had one at all, despite having membership of several institutions and having seen over 100 shows last year. I've had several emails from restaurants asking what they need to do in order to make me comfortable to visit, but nothing from a theatre. |
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Post by marob on Jun 1, 2020 21:30:09 GMT
Haven't had any surveys from any of the theatres I go to regularly but I have had one from Shakespeare's Globe. Considering I've only been there once about 2 years ago my views probably aren't that much use to them.
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Jun 2, 2020 6:58:04 GMT
Now there's a striking moment. Link to article below the image:
And that's precisely what I fear...one-man Peer Gynt and monologues, Macbeth thrown out, because there was kissing etc. That is not the kind of theatre I like and if we only see that for the forseeable future...German theatre makers may call this a chance or a radical opportunity to rethink things, but I doubt they will even fill their 20% of remaining seats with that programming. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 2, 2020 7:30:32 GMT
But someone singing the songs of Piaf, Weill, Brel or lady Gaga, a socially distanced band and some monologues. It's a concept that works
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jun 2, 2020 15:05:47 GMT
The current contingency plans from the theatres I work with are best case scenario start to re-open in Sept, worst case scenario re-open in January.
Most of the industry is currently working on the assumption that we can start working towards re-opening by the end of the year, and will be able to re-open fully early next year.
It’s too early to tell how realistic these plans will prove to be.
A lot of discussion happening in near-constant Zooms about how theatre might operate in a post-COVID world.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 2, 2020 18:34:23 GMT
The current contingency plans from the theatres I work with are best case scenario start to re-open in Sept, worst case scenario re-open in January. Most of the industry is currently working on the assumption that we can start working towards re-opening by the end of the year, and will be able to re-open fully early next year. It’s too early to tell how realistic these plans will prove to be. A lot of discussion happening in near-constant Zooms about how theatre might operate in a post-COVID world. Is this with adaptation or based on the virus being all but eradicated? I’m guessing it’s not based in an assumption of a vaccine. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2020 5:56:46 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Jun 3, 2020 8:02:27 GMT
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Post by bengal73 on Jun 3, 2020 17:59:17 GMT
Page not found. Any idea what its basis with before they realised it was public |
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Post by lynette on Jun 3, 2020 18:20:01 GMT
According to some, for example, Allison Pearson of the Telegraph, the virus has upped and gone in London. The PPE etc not needed, distancing even, not needed. I tend to agree but it is a rather controversial opinion. The problem is 1. If one person in a theatre setting on stage or in front becomes infected from an asymptomatic, we are screwed for yonks and 2. Other bugs will come and get us in the Autumn and we can’t get the theatres up and running ‘normally ‘ before that time so we can’t prove it is ok. One sneeze and off we go again or rather IN we go again.
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Post by talkingheads on Jun 3, 2020 18:26:16 GMT
According to some, for example, Allison Pearson of the Telegraph, the virus has upped and gone in London. The PPE etc not needed, distancing even, not needed. I tend to agree but it is a rather controversial opinion. The problem is 1. If one person in a theatre setting on stage or in front becomes infected from an asymptomatic, we are screwed for yonks and 2. Other bugs will come and get us in the Autumn and we can’t get the theatres up and running ‘normally ‘ before that time so we can’t prove it is ok. One sneeze and off we go again or rather IN we go again. That's a ridiculous claim. Even if true, the second tourists start going back in, the virus is there again! |
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Post by lynette on Jun 3, 2020 18:55:57 GMT
I’m just saying what some are saying....as for the tourists, probably they will be healthier than us lot, having been sorted out in their own countries. And then quarantined here though I can’t see that happening much.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 3, 2020 21:22:16 GMT
I’m just saying what some are saying....as for the tourists, probably they will be healthier than us lot, having been sorted out in their own countries. And then quarantined here though I can’t see that happening much. A lot of visitors to London are from other parts of the UK though & I doubt even this government is going to make anyone outside London quarantine for 2 weeks before visiting London! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2020 21:33:15 GMT
According to some, for example, Allison Pearson of the Telegraph, the virus has upped and gone in London. The PPE etc not needed, distancing even, not needed. I tend to agree but it is a rather controversial opinion. The problem is 1. If one person in a theatre setting on stage or in front becomes infected from an asymptomatic, we are screwed for yonks and 2. Other bugs will come and get us in the Autumn and we can’t get the theatres up and running ‘normally ‘ before that time so we can’t prove it is ok. One sneeze and off we go again or rather IN we go again. Lol, if Allison Pearson said it... |
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