Phase one of lockdown appears to be drawing to a close, with staff returning to work, Boris Johnson preparing to relax some measures and Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, talking of tapering off state aid. But the costs of the crisis are still racking up. More than half of Britain’s […]
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Theatres need dramatic turn of fortune to avoid dreaded final curtain
Britain’s beleaguered theatre industry is calling on the Government to maintain its furlough scheme until the curtains rise once more on stages across the country – and to consider grants to help them reopen once lockdown is lifted. Since theatres were ordered to close their doors last month, ahead of the […]