have to wait and see what the lineup is, but i'd be surprised if its nothing but headline acts for 2 months, I very much think 'average artists' will get a look in, i reckon it's all they will be able to afford with the budgets they have to play with, no arguements to the rest of your post. I just see it as a way of a few people getting paid. everything is shit at the moment.
This really. It looks horrendous but, in the face of the Govt not coming up with desperately needed help for the Arts, what is the alternative? Do nothing until it goes away?
With vastly diminished crowds and all the increased infrastructure costs, I can't see how smaller bands are going to get invited to this party as the only way to finance an attractive bill would be to hike the ticket price through the roof or ask bands to take a huge cut. For the bigger bands, that's all juicy, merch-shifting promo, but for smaller bands it's probably worse than not playing.
I suspect there will be more theatres/venues up for sale than buyers willing to take them onAlbert Hall is an exception of course because of it's status and tourist pull etc. Likely most of the big West End ones will be okay but there are a LOT of town theatres already running on a shoestring before this shit started.
I'd expect them to be using the sponsorship money to cover the increased costs and diminished crowds... I doubt it's going to be Coldplay or Adele playing to 500 people a night, but who knows.
Unless there's a high profile PR-kickback, I can't imagine the sponsorship money will be that much. I regularly get sent press releases from PR companies promoting laughably small donations from their corporate clients so I guess sponsorship can be cheap these days (sometimes I wonder if the PR company costs more than the actual money raised).
My theatre friends all say they have no hope of returning this year. Apparently sheff theatres are hoping to open for Xmas, but it doesn’t really seem likely. Most are self employed too, so at least they largely avoided uc, but that won’t be the case for much longer.Was talking to a good friend last night who's an actor. She was meant to be in a play at the moment which was obviously cancelled and the type of temping work (reception/clerical stuff) she'd normally do to fill gaps, just isn't there at the moment. She's also having issues claiming UC. All her actor friends are in the same boat, as presumably are all the backstage/front of house theatre staff.
And who knows when/if theatres'll re-open. It's not going to be anytime soon and given how close together the seats typically are (especially in older theatres) and the percentage of seats they have to fill to break even, it's all looking very bad.
Was talking to a good friend last night who's an actor. She was meant to be in a play at the moment which was obviously cancelled and the type of temping work (reception/clerical stuff) she'd normally do to fill gaps, just isn't there at the moment. She's also having issues claiming UC. All her actor friends are in the same boat, as presumably are all the backstage/front of house theatre staff.
And who knows when/if theatres'll re-open. It's not going to be anytime soon and given how close together the seats typically are (especially in older theatres) and the percentage of seats they have to fill to break even, it's all looking very bad.
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Stand in the park and people will throw money at you.
If you were showcasing your trolling abilities, they'd definitely be throwing things at you, but it wouldn't be money,
All this year's gigs and tours for my band have been cancelled, and I really can't imagine I'll be DJing before Christmas at the earliest (unless some miracle vaccine appears).
I'm delighted people are liking my predicament.
A lot of us share said predicament and a solidarity like is not a bad thing old bean.
My actor friend was saying something similar. I wouldn't say it's necessarily true about theatre goers though.
I think that part of the problem is no matter how many seats are removed to maintain social distancing for the audience, it's nigh on impossible for performers onstage or backstage to do the same.
They won’t though, because twats will moan at how “unfair” that is.
Why would theatre goers not vote tory? They're mostly over 50 and middle class - solid tory demographic.
Every night for weeks on Front Row, R4 7.15. The minister for the arts has been flatly refusing to appear, but the great and the good are there every edition.
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Unless something drastically changes, I don't think I'll be playing any live shows until next year. Maybe I'll get some DJ gigs at Christmas, at best.A statement from Deborah Kermode, MAC CEO & Artistic Director and… | Midlands Arts Centre
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