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Tag Archives: pandemic
Did the Culture Recovery Fund actually work?
Yes, on the whole – if you’re a large institution… Read my full Telegraph report here
Posted in Art, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged art, arts, covid, culture recovery fund, freelance, freelancer, freelancers make theatre work, funding, government, jazz, jazz club, london, music, pandemic, paule constable, play, royal albert hall, telegraph, theatre, west end
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Nicola Adams’ ruthless Covid axing is the beginning of the end for Strictly 2020
After landing in the dreaded dance-off last week, Nicola Adams confronted the terrible possibility of leaving Strictly Come Dancing. Now, the worst has happened, but for a completely different reason: her professional partner, Katya Jones, has tested positive for Covid-19, taking them … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged american smooth, axed, ballroom, bbc, coronavirus, covid, dance, dancing, eliminated, it takes two, katya jones, latin, leaving, left, nicola adams, out, pandemic, positive test, protocols, quarantine, rylan, same sex, same sex dance, shielding, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tested positive, tv
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Death of England: Delroy, National Theatre
Wednesday’s press performance was both opening and closing night at the National – their first show back curtailed by lockdown. Deeply frustrating, since Roy Williams and Clint Dyer’s blistering new state-of-the-nation monologue is clearly the play for the moment. Read my full … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged clint dyer, death of england, delroy, england, lockdown, michael balogun, national theatre, pandemic, play, race, racial, racism, review, roy williams, the i paper, theatre, windrush
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‘Theatres need timelines based on evidence – you can’t turn it on and off like a tap’
Becoming the new president of the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) during a global pandemic might feel a bit like taking the wheel of the Titanic. But producer Eleanor Lloyd, who was elected by her fellow SOLT members a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged agatha christie, closure, coronavirus, covid, eleanor lloyd, emilia, emilia bassano, freelance, freelancer, government, interview, london, morgan lloyd malcolm, pandemic, play, producer, shakespeares globe, telegraph, theatre, west end, witness for the prosecution
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Six’s ruined reopening: ‘The cast moved and got tested – then I had to break the news on Zoom’
It’s been three times unlucky for Six in 2020. The British musical had to close its US production on what would have been opening night, as Broadway shuttered; local outbreaks scuppered its summer drive-in tour; and, now, the second lockdown has put back … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged broadway, christmas, coronavirus, covid, drive in, henry VIII, interview, kenny wax, lockdown, lockdown 2, london, musical, nimax, pandemic, producer, queendom, reopening, second lockdown, six, six musical, telegraph, theatre, tour, west end, wives
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‘No notice, no proper details’: the little bookshop fearing a second lockdown
“We feared a second lockdown might happen, but we wanted it earlier,” says Jonathan Main, owner of independent Bookseller Crow on the Hill in London’s Crystal Palace. “Locking down again during our second-busiest sales month of the year? Bad news.” … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged arts, book, books, bookshop, boris johnson, christmas, closed, cookbooks, crow on the hill, crystal palace, emily st john mandel, government, high street, interview, jonathan main, lockdown, lockdown 2, london, novel, pandemic, publisher, publishing, reading, sales, second lockdown, shop, station eleven, telegraph
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Public cash for billionaires? The questions hanging over Oliver Dowden’s Cultural Recovery Fund
This week saw some succour for the arts. The award of £257 million in grants to British organisations has finally been announced. This money will come from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, and it’s designed to tide businesses over … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged art, arts, arts council, boris johnson, comedy, coronavirus, culture, David Ross, dcms, freelancer, freelancers, Frog and Bucket, funding, funds, government, grant, grants, img artists, london palladium, mission mars, money, music, nevill holt opera, oliver dowden, pandemic, Paradigm Agency, reopening, rescue fund, rescue package, secret cinema, select committee, social distancing, telegraph, theatre, west end, wigmore hall
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The government’s attitude to Fatima and the arts will put them on the wrong side of history – they just don’t know it yet
The latest tone-deaf salvo from our government to the creative sector is a CyberFirst campaign (belatedly removed after an outcry), one part of which depicts a ballet dancer called Fatima. The text reads: “Fatima’s next job could be in cyber (she just doesn’t know it … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged ad, advert, advertisement, arts, ballet, ballet dancer, campaign, culture, cyber, cyber first, dance, dancer, dancing, dido harding, economy, fatima, funding, government, independent, industry, oliver dowden, pandemic, rescue package, retrain, test and trace, theatre
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BWW Interview: Opera Holland Park’s James Clutton
The Director of Opera at OHP talks mounting concerts with Covid safety measures, why opera is for all, and plans for 2021. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 2021, a little night music, broadwayworld, concert, coronavirus, covid, government, holland park, interview, james clutton, london, musical theatre, ohp, opera, opera holland park, pandemic, programming, safety measures, social distancing, theatre
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