'Thanks to this investment, it is now possible for 1,100 theatres across the country to survive.'
Award-winning playwright, film and TV writer @mrJamesGraham says that the mission is now to make sure theatres can play the most 'vital role in their communities.'
#SamMendes launches the Theatre Artists Fund, supported by @NetflixUK. It's been set up to provide emergency support for theatre workers & freelancers across the UK. It is for theatre professionals who are in need of urgent & critical financial support. https://t.co/HBXvyNHp2c
"I’m deeply relieved and immensely grateful that the Government has heard the urgent warnings from across the cultural sector… It is only the first step towards cultural recovery, but it is an essential one.” (1/3)
Full article: https://t.co/TqsiQPKtQd
After months of lockdown & with the industry on the verge of collapse, The Stage this week adds its voice to calls for the culture secretary to take immediate action to save the sector. Read about our demands and our campaign (paywall free) here: https://t.co/8J4CNNaTyt
The entire artistic team at the Theatre Royal Plymouth are being made redundant in 3 days. That’s one of the largest, most well attended theatres outside London. A theatre that now has no artists, and they won’t be coming back. Our world-beating cultural landscape is in collapse
@mrJamesGraham This is desperately sad. If you care about saving the arts in the UK, please consider joining @Public_Campaign for the Arts and signing the survey: https://t.co/Wbmc1MGUrr
It is really soul destroying that Nigel Farage has 1.5 million followers
Yet our account, run by NHS staff to raise awareness of key issues and help lift the spirits of our colleagues, only has 600k
Please follow and RT if you can to help put that right
The Theatre and entertainment industry are a huge part of GDP, yet this country continues to regard them as an afterthought, an indulgence. Even if you take all regard for culture out of the argument, simply as hard-nosed business it’s VITAL that our Theatre survives.
A passionate, urgent call from @SFP_London to the govt to secure the future of our extraordinary theatre industry. ‘Protecting and preserving what we have will cost far, far less than reconstructing it from the ruins.’ @RishiSunak@hmtreasury @CommonsDCMS @TildsleyFrance
Sonia Friedman: 'Our stages will hold the stories that help us collectively process what this country has been through. Theatres will play a huge part in helping our society – our nation – to heal... It is time to act.' https://t.co/lBd5Cn9iB4
Ok. Stop what you are doing & watch this.
Heartbreaking letter from
@meenalsworld to her unborn child - the NHS doctor who’s trying to challenge govt for proper PPE
Damn Good Voice Claire Cordier @claracords was back recording again with the Gate Films @thegatefilms for Sharps this week. She must be an expert on bedroom storage design by now! Check out her elegant, authoritative tones here: https://t.co/RFGzXrT0Gy #damngoodvoices#voiceover
Today’s joy in the studio is Claire Cordier @claracords although it’s a shame that I won’t be able to see her face to face during recording! It’s so lonely in here with no one but @zoom_us @cleanfeedNET@SourceElements and @Skype as your friends!
THE FLEABAG SUPPORT FUND will provide grants of £2500 to freelancers working in the theatre industry who are in urgent financial need. Producers, writers, stage managers, actors, technicians, production staff, comedians cabaret performers this is for YOU https://t.co/HgA6WMBZwy
👨🏻To the nurses,
🧕🏾 the care workers,
👳 the bus drivers,
👨🏻 the paramedics,
👩🏽the shop workers,
👨🏼 the police officers,
🌈to all those working to keep everything going, thank you.❤️🌈 #clapforkeyworkers
Damn Good Voice Claire Cordier @claracords, recorded for the BBC from her home studio. She will be voicing BBC4 Life Drawing Live. She had the perfect take in under 30 minutes! Check her out here: https://t.co/RFGzXrT0Gy #voiceover#damngoodvoices#VO
People keep asking me if I'm enjoying having some time off ... alas, the team at @DamnGoodVoices is very much active and casting things every working hour of every day & have been since #lockdown began. No rest for Izzy, Gena or Simon. #workingfromhome Oh, studio still open too!