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The Drive-In
25 May
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Phil Willmott

Is Resurrecting the “Drive-in” the Answer for Live Entertainment?

The Drive-In Everyone’s looking for ways to allow gathering in large groups to watch performances, safely, without fear of infection, during the Corona Virus shut down.

An idea that keeps coming up is to re-establish the “drive-in” where by audiences sit in their cars to watch, usually, a film screening.

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Theatre and Social Distancing
25 May
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Phil Willmott

A West End Producer Talks Tough About Post-Covid Theatre

Theatre and Social Distancing Performance venues across the nation have been shut since mid-March and we’ve no idea when the situation will change.

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Bombshell in Concert
24 May
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Phil Willmott

Is Broadway Ready for its Bombshell?

Bombshell in Concert No, this isn’t another Covid related doom and gloom article about how bad things are looking for commercial theatre in New York.

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The Sound of Music
22 May
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Phil Willmott

This Weekend YouTube is Alive with the Sound of Music

The Sound of Music The good people of the Shows Must Go On organisation have made such a great job of steaming Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals to raise money for Covid related charities that there going to carry on, branching out into shows by other composers.

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UK Governement Plan - Covid-19
18 May
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Phil Willmott

Shamefully the UK Government's Plan for Exiting Lock-down Doesn’t Mention Reopening Theatres

UK Governement Plan - Covid-19 There will be no UK Theatre before July 4th. We can assume.

And we can only make an assumption because shamefully there isn’t a single mention of Britain’s most celebrated and vibrant art form in the entire 50 page dossier.

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