Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart implore Boris Johnson to secure visa-free travel for artists amid Brexit

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Boris Johnson to secure a deal for artists to have visa-free travel around Europe following Brexit. Dame Judi Dench also joined some of the biggest names in British theatre to urge the Prime Minister to offer a solution for the ‘towering hurdle’ the industry is facing.

In a letter from artists union Equity, which was signed by over 100 members including Miriam Margolyes, Anne-Marie Duff and Celia Imrie, they called for Mr Johnson to secure visa-free travel to ensure artists could keep working.An excerpt, via the Guardian, reads: ‘Before, we were able to travel to Europe visa-free.

Now we have to pay hundreds of pounds, fill in form after form and spend weeks waiting for approval – just so we can do our jobs.’Over 280,000 people have also.

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