Post by sfsusan on Jun 7, 2020 18:17:55 GMT
This may be behind a firewall, but the short version:
For most of the past three months, South Korea hadn't shut down theaters, and with everybody attending the run of Phantom of the Opera wearing masks(!) (and some other precautions), there doesn't seem to have been a high incidence of transmission of the virus. Andrew Lloyd Webber is hoping to use lessons learned there at one of his London theaters.
"... its composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, is arguing (these precautions) can show the way for the rest of the industry, a point he is hoping to demonstrate to the world, as he prepares to turn the Palladium, one of seven theaters he owns in London, into a laboratory for lessons learned in Seoul."
"The protocols, which are mandated by the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are strict, but they are not particularly space-age. Before entering the theater, audience members are sprayed with a light mist of disinfectant. Thermal sensors take each person’s temperature, and everyone fills out a questionnaire about symptoms and recent places they’ve visited, so they can be notified of any exposures they may have had through the country’s contract-tracing app."
"There are hand-sanitizing stations throughout, and ubiquitous signs and announcements reminding everyone that masks must be worn at all times. And in contrast to movie theaters, where alternating rows or seats are left empty, no seats are blocked off (though the first row was removed)."
(There are similar precautions taken backstage among cast and crew, as well.)
The aspect that seems most different from the current situation in the UK is "... South Korea’s rigorous system of test, trace and quarantine, which has kept the virus largely under control."
What does everyone here think... will you go back to the theater under these conditions? Will this work in London?
www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/theater/phantom-of-the-opera-seoul-virus.html
For most of the past three months, South Korea hadn't shut down theaters, and with everybody attending the run of Phantom of the Opera wearing masks(!) (and some other precautions), there doesn't seem to have been a high incidence of transmission of the virus. Andrew Lloyd Webber is hoping to use lessons learned there at one of his London theaters.
"... its composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, is arguing (these precautions) can show the way for the rest of the industry, a point he is hoping to demonstrate to the world, as he prepares to turn the Palladium, one of seven theaters he owns in London, into a laboratory for lessons learned in Seoul."
"The protocols, which are mandated by the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are strict, but they are not particularly space-age. Before entering the theater, audience members are sprayed with a light mist of disinfectant. Thermal sensors take each person’s temperature, and everyone fills out a questionnaire about symptoms and recent places they’ve visited, so they can be notified of any exposures they may have had through the country’s contract-tracing app."
"There are hand-sanitizing stations throughout, and ubiquitous signs and announcements reminding everyone that masks must be worn at all times. And in contrast to movie theaters, where alternating rows or seats are left empty, no seats are blocked off (though the first row was removed)."
(There are similar precautions taken backstage among cast and crew, as well.)
The aspect that seems most different from the current situation in the UK is "... South Korea’s rigorous system of test, trace and quarantine, which has kept the virus largely under control."
What does everyone here think... will you go back to the theater under these conditions? Will this work in London?
www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/theater/phantom-of-the-opera-seoul-virus.html
