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UK theatres need urgent help, David Tennant warns

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UK theatres will need government help if they are to survive the coronavirus pandemic, actor David Tennant has warned. Venues across the country closed in March as a national lockdown was imposed in an attempt to halt the spread of the virus.

Some prominent industry figures, including playwright James Graham, fear it may take a year for theatres to reopen their doors.

Tennant said one of the biggest stumbling blocks was audience safety. In an interview with the Radio Times, he said: “The audience is the bigger issue.

You’re asking people to pay a lot of money to potentially have someone coughing into their packet of boiled sweets and infecting them. “I don’t know what the answer is yet.

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