Tom Grater International Film ReporterBectu, the trade union representing theatre workers in the UK, says that the number of job losses in its industry took a dramatic upturn in the last four weeks.On July 3, the union published figures revealing 3,000 redundancies had been felt by theatre workers, and that number has risen to 5,000 since then.
That’s despite the government’s $2BN rescue package for the country’s arts and culture venues that was announced in July.Live performance venues can technically re-open as of this week, but strong virus safety measures are a significant barrier to almost all theatres.The earliest UK theaters are expected to resume operations in a meaningful way, which will require further relaxing of the country’s.
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