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Post by theatrefan62 on Nov 20, 2022 8:19:47 GMT
I've lost touch with the current rules etc over theatre and Covid. Are showds regularly testing cast still or is theatre back to 'normal' like the majority of the country is now?
I only ask as I was looking at the broadwayworld forum and it seems covid cancellations still seem a semi regular thing and so many posters on there still seem obsessed with masks/vaccines/testing etc. It just seems so dated when UK theatre from what I can tell doesn't seem to be having covid cancellations very often and attitudes on here seem to have returned to prepandemic?
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Post by partytentdown on Nov 20, 2022 9:41:28 GMT
Some Broadway shows are still testing but I'm not aware of any West End shows still doing it. Obviously if a large number of cast report they are sick with Covid then a producer would have to take a decision on whether it's responsible to keep the show open, but I think there is now just an unspoken assumption (as in many workplaces) that if you're ill, you stay off but don't test and write it off as a cold.
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 20, 2022 9:57:10 GMT
The delayed opening of Chocolate Factory in Leeds is, we are told, due to Covid in the cast.
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Post by londonpostie on Nov 20, 2022 10:03:59 GMT
... many posters on there still seem obsessed with masks/vaccines/testing etc. It just seems so dated when UK theatre from what I can tell doesn't seem to be having covid cancellations very often and attitudes on here seem to have returned to prepandemic?
Many of the people still taking precautions are doing so for vulnerable family member who they live with or come into contact with (others have the luxury of treating Omnicom as nature's response to Covid-19, a much milder form of SARS that they believe can immunise).
With rates so low, it becomes easier to trace the route to infection; who wants to feel responsible for the worst outcome.
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