{"id":51786,"date":"2021-03-12T16:16:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=51786"},"modified":"2021-03-12T16:51:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:51:46","slug":"one-year-on-lowering-the-curtain-on-plays-and-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/03\/12\/one-year-on-lowering-the-curtain-on-plays-and-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"One year on: Lowering the curtain on plays and shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A look at how Covid-19 has affected the arts since theatres were told to exit stage left<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" 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last year, theatres across the UK closed, and in Wales they are yet to reopen.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shows were cancelled, doors were shut on institutions and many actors and behind the scenes crew members faced months of unemployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur culture sector is not just a huge and vital part of our economy \u2013 for many people, it\u2019s what makes life worth living,\u201d said Jo Stevens, Shadow Secretary of State for Digital Culture Media and Sport.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The arts sector received \u00a330m from the Welsh Government\u2019s Cultural Recovery Fund and a further \u00a310m was announced to support theatres.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But is this enough?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not for the Wales Millennium Centre, which had to make 63 staff members redundant due to the financial impact of the pandemic, despite receiving \u00a33.9m from the Arts Council of Wales\u2019s CRF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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disappeared with little prospect of it starting up again,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will never say that I will not go back to a life in the arts but, at present I am thoroughly enjoying making a difference in my hometown,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, not everyone has been so lucky as to find joy in other forms of work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welsh West End star, Sophie Evans told CJS News: \u201cPeople who are performers are out of work so much that they do have other skills: they work in restaurants, they work in shops, they work in schools. But all of those jobs have been taken away from them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;So to say retrain is just so insensitive,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"The New Theatre\" class=\"wp-image-17511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"The New Theatre\" class=\"wp-image-17511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/New-Theatre-Sam.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>New Theatre Cardiff has been closed since March 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This year has seen many institutions adapt their services to be carried out online. Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, made a series of audio plays by new and established writers and Theatre Clywd in Mold streamed online events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So what\u2019s next for the theatre sector in Wales?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Theatr Clywd in Mold held successful test outdoor performances during the brief respite from lockdown and they will look to stage more as soon as government guidance allows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Theatres need to be 80% full to be financially viable so many are looking at outdoor performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe really need to embed the arts sector and the culture sector into part of covid recovery: to do that the government needs to see the arts sector as pivotal in so many aspects of our lives,&#8221; said Plaid Cymru&#8217;s Sian Gwenllian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current advice suggests that it could be months before Cardiff&#8217;s theatres get their long awaited encore but in the meantime, there are online classes for anyone interested in the arts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the most important stage of recovery is recognising that the culture sector is integral to our economic recovery. 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