British Stage Sector Appeals to Government to Stop Theaters Going Dark for Good
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variety.comBy Leo Barraclough Senior International Correspondent Two bodies representing the British stage sector have submitted proposals to the U.K.
government designed to safeguard its future. The move comes as the Bectu union warned that nearly 30 theaters and other venues were considering making redundancies.
The Society of London Theatre and U.K. Theatre said that the sector employs 290,000 workers, but the majority of those jobs are at risk, because of the shutdown of venues in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and the increased costs that they will face when they reopen.
They claimed that 70% of theaters will run out of cash by the end of the year. Among their proposals, they asked the government to: • Extend the job retention scheme to
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