Luke Jones: After coronavirus, will British theatre survive?

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🗓️ 25 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This week Manveen and David take a break as Times Radio presenters host the podcast, ahead of the launch of the station on the 29th June.

For Luke Jones, going to the theatre has been an almost weekly part of his life for as long as he can remember. That is, until the coronavirus lockdown began, and the theatres closed for public safety. Now, the theatre sector is grappling with the question of how and when they'll be able to reopen.

Guests:

Alan Cumming, actor.

Kate Varah, Executive Director of the Old Vic.

Lisa Burger, Executive Director of the National Theatre.

Catherine Mallyon, Executive Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Host: Luke Jones, host of Times Radio's breakfast show.

Clips: BBC News and What's on Stage.

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0:00.0	National Theatre, Spell Theatre, Right, Live, National Theatre Live.
0:09.0	There we go, Nottingham Playhouse King George.
0:14.6	The no wrong one.
0:15.8	No.
0:17.8	Oh here we go.
0:18.8	This sir.
0:19.8	What?
0:20.8	The King's water sir?
0:21.8	It's blue, sir.
0:24.0	It's been this colour ever since this business began.
0:27.0	What business? Don't be so innocent.
0:29.0	Hmm. I guess for full effect, you'd plug it into your TV and sit five inches away from it.
0:36.8	That's probably best.
0:37.8	Hello I'm Luke Jones. I've been trying to continue my theatre habits with a laptop and no
0:46.0	theaters I'm a broadcaster journalist and now host of breakfast on Times Radio Friday to
0:52.2	Sunday this is a special edition of
0:54.5	stories of our Times. All this week as part of the launch of Times Radio next
0:58.6	Monday the podcast is being guest-hosted by some of the station's
1:01.8	presenters, like me.
1:03.7	Seeing plays has been an almost weekly part of my life for as long as I can remember,
1:11.9	new, old, dramatic, thrilling,
1:14.3	underwhelming, riveting, faintly confusing. There's an endless variety to choose
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