“This is very much about jobs,” he added. 'With the furlough support scheme ending on 31st October, this income will help us retain Nimax's highly skilled, experienced workforce and give work to some of the talented tapestry of freelancers onstage and backstage. It is the latest measure taken by the Nimax group amid the pandemic. Our theatre community cannot wait to get back to work safely.". Six of London’s West End theatres to reopen 13 September 2020 by gramilano Leave a Comment Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue Nimax, which owns six of London’s West End theatres, has announced that it will start opening up all of them, beginning with the Apollo on 22 October. The Nimax group is said to be "working on the logistics" of bringing back its most popular production, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, at the Palace Theatre at the beginning of 2021. 'It's a really bad, catastrophic time and we need to find a way out of it,' she added.

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The venues will operate at half-capacity but will still make a loss because the business costs £750,000 to operate each month. It said on Sunday that it would reopen all six of its West End venues this fall. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. In need of some at-home inspiration? remain closed for at least the rest of this year. The Government rescue package was 'giving money to buildings to keep the lights off' and going down a 'bottomless pit' instead of 'getting the buildings open', he added. Audience-wise, the theater will operate at a reduced capacity of about 550, down from 967, to maintain social distancing and keep people at least three feet apart. The project was called Operation Sleeping Beauty, he added.

Nica Burns, chief executive of Nimax, and her team have drawn up a 100-page guide for each of the six theatres, which will reopen with a socially-distanced audience. As a result, many seats will be removed, providing audience members with more legroom. Giving evidence to the Culture Select Committee, he said Britain was a 'leader in world theatre' and should be given the green light to 'demonstrate how we can reopen'.

Married policeman accused of strangling lover to death in a car 'sobbed... Vape use falls by 400,000 in 12 months - amid fears unfounded health worries are scaring people off using... Mormon missionary from Utah, 20, dies after slipping and falling during a hike while serving in Switzerland. However, if you feel unwell before the play, Nimax will offer you a refund or a change of date until 10am on the day of the performance. The West End's bright lights will be back on, with a theatre group reopening its venues from next month. Each theatre will also undergo regular deep-cleans. After seven-months of closure, the owner of the Apollo, Duchess, Garrick, Lyric, Palace and Vaudeville theatres will welcome audiences back to the capital, starting with the Apollo in October, The Sunday Times reports. The West End's bright lights will be back on, with a theatre group reopening its venues from next month. Theatres have … The comments below have not been moderated. My wife should feel GUILTY for not wanting to have sex with me: Insists a jaw-dropping riposte from the... Vibrating brush that changed the face of beauty (but did it do more harm than good? Theatres have been closed since the lockdown was introduced, with thespians warning of the devastating impact of social distancing on the industry. Although with reduced capacities it is not possible to make a profit, we are determined retain Nimax's highly skilled, experienced workforce alongside the huge, talented tapestry of freelancers onstage and backstage, plus the many teams and businesses which together give our audiences a night to remember.

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Wax said he had his fingers crossed that “Six” would reopen successfully and not suffer the same fate as his planned tour of drive-in venues. Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap will re-open in London’s West End on Friday 23 October 2020. Because “Six” involves only six people onstage, the show will need few changes because of the coronavirus. The class clown got so serious he could even flog me a clapped-out Ford Cortina: HENRY DEEDES watches Boris... Boris Johnson tells EU leaders he is 'disappointed' Brexit talks have not made more progress and he is... Scallop wars!

‍♂️‍♂️‍♀️‍♀️ Here is our FABULOUS cast doing their thang for #VirtualWestEndLive for @londontheatre #JamieLondon #JamieTour, A post shared by JamieMusical (@jamiemusical) on Jul 23, 2020 at 3:10am PDT, Due to reduced capacities, the theatres will be unable to make a profit. Lord Lloyd-Webber complained that the Government had given him 'no satisfactory answer' over 'anomalies', such as why people can fly on a plane but not attend a musical without social distancing.

The cast will not be barred from wider social interaction for the whole run — as had been planned for the drive-in tour — because of its length, Wax said, adding that isolating the cast would be “prohibitively expensive.”.

But he said he was keenly aware of the risks of trying to restart the show during a pandemic. Two British fishermen are surrounded by French trawlers and 'pelted with flares and FRYING... 'It's Joe Biden's list of accomplishments!' The theatre closures have now been extended due government and scientific advice on gatherings and events, but they still may not reopen after that date. There will also be click-and-collect drinks for audience members to purchase during the interval, to avoid queueing. The production is one of several small-scale shows hoping to spark a revival of London’s theater district this fall. Staff will ensure a one-way system is followed with audience members marshalled to their seats and social distancing queues outside the toilets. Moment armed police serve Liverpool gym owner with £1,000 fine as he REFUSES to bow to Covid closedown order.

Beginning with the Apollo Theatre (presenting a version of Adam Kay's This Is Going To Hurt) at the Apollo Theatre, the further five venues – Lyric, Palace, Vaudeville, Duchess and Garrick will each reveal plans soon.

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