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Andrew Lloyd Webber: ‘Theatres had to close, but the vaccine will make things dramatically better’
Andrew Lloyd Webber, who famously took part in a trial for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, was delighted to hear that it’s been approved for use in the UK. “It’s great news. I’m thrilled. Everybody was pretty optimistic about it earlier in the … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew lloyd webber, cinderella, composer, drama, interview, london, musical, oxford vaccine, play, telegraph, theatre, trial, vaccination, vaccine, west end
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Edinburgh Fringe faces the future: why a 2021 cancellation would be a ‘national tragedy’
Looming on the horizon is a huge decision for the arts industry: whether or not to proceed with an in-person Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2021. The world’s largest arts festival, which in 2018 featured more than 55,000 performances of 3,548 shows in … Continue reading
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Tagged anthony alderson, cancelled, edinburgh, festival, fringe, interview, london, pleasance, telegraph, tier 3, tier 4, vaccine
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‘Our members saved us’: how Glyndebourne’s loyal patrons helped plug a £7 million hole
The recent news about an imminent vaccine rollout is “an extremely promising development,” says Sarah Hopwood, managing director of Glyndebourne. “For us, and for the arts in general, it’s critical from every angle. Read my full Telegraph interview here
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Tagged classical music, glyndebourne, interview, opera, sarah hopwood, telegraph, vaccine
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‘Galleries are safe, but visitors need to feel that’: can the Royal Academy survive without funding?
Axel Rüger, secretary and chief executive of the Royal Academy, is “cautiously optimistic” about this week’s vaccine news. “We live in hope every day that this vaccine will work.” Read my full Telegraph article here
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Tagged art, axel ruger, christmas, covid, december, exhibition, finance, funding, gallery, government, interview, london, museum, royal academy, telegraph, vaccine, visitors
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Can the Tate galleries survive in an era of mass Covid fear?
There are very few winners in the Government’s draconian new tier system, which has forced closures of arts venues in the new Tier 3 and placed capacity caps on those in Tiers 1 and 2. But Helen Legg, director of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021, art, christmas, covid, december, gallery, government, helen legg, interview, liverpool, museum, tate, tate liverpool, telegraph, tier 2, tier 3, tier system, vaccine
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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s vaccine joy: ‘Phantom will return in June’
Today’s news about the UK approving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is a hugely positive step for the theatre industry, believes Andrew Lloyd Webber. “Of course, I’m slightly biased towards the Oxford vaccine, since I’ve been on that myself – and had no side effects whatsoever. … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew lloyd webber, arts, BioNTech, carrie hope fletcher, cinderella, covid, culture, interview, london palladium, musical theatre, musicals, opening, oxford vaccine, pfizer, phantom, telegraph, the phantom of the opera, theatre, trial, vaccine, west end
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‘The vaccine is a start, but it’s not a magic wand’
Is the very welcome news that the Pfizer vaccine could be available next week, following UK approval, the light at the end of a long tunnel for the decimated arts industry? A swift vaccine roll-out might mean that venues could reopen earlier … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, audience, capacity, classical music, concert, covid, culture, interview, John Gilhooly, london, music, musician, pfizer, telegraph, tier system, vaccine, wigmore hall
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