supports HTML5 videoAndrew Lloyd Webber has issued a stark warning about the future of theatre and the arts following the coronavirus pandemic putting everything on hold.The composer and musical theatre impresario, 72, has warned that the industry needs to get back on its feet as soon as possible.He told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee: ‘We simply have to get our arts sector back open and running.
We are at the point of no return really.‘There comes a point now when we really can’t go on much more. Theatre is an incredibly labour-intensive business.
In many ways putting on a show now is almost a labour of love.‘Very few shows hit the jackpot in the way a Hamilton, Lion King or Phantom Of The Opera do.