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Chiwetel Ejiofor shows his support for the Theatre Artists Fund The UK theatre industry is reflecting today (16 March) on a year since it had to close its doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. The anniversary comes as a new survey from the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) reveals that over 95% of theatre organisations are worse off due to the pandemic, while one in four freelancers are currently out of business. Stars including Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Hugh Jackman, Hele...

I Love Live 2 prize draw launches for Stagehand charity 22nd February 2021 Last year’s I Love Live prize draw, which raised £546,000 for music and road crew charity Stagehand, is followed today with I Love Live 2, a new prize draw offering unique gifts from some of the world’s biggest artists, festivals and venues. I Love Live 2 is offering up prizes from the likes of Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, Iron Maiden, Muse, Spice Girls, Keane, The 1975, Imogen Heap, Genesis, Simple Minds, Billy Br...

We Make Events study: 43 per cent of live events businesses to close by June 19th February 2021 We Make Events has released new research indicating that 43 per cent of businesses across the live events industry could fold by June. The We Make Events campaign is calling for urgent government support, as the live events industry continues to face the devasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. With live events having ground to a halt for almost a year now, thousands of jobs and businesses have bee...

UK Music CEO Jamie Njoku-Goodwin has urged UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to include live music in his COVID-19 reopening roadmap to help save jobs and boost the economy

By: Deborah Speer Frederic J. Brown / AFP / Getty Images Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., opens its gates for the first time as a COVID-19 vaccination “super site” Feb. 2 as the events industry works out logistics to back up its offer to President Joe Biden to provide sites and workers to staff them.As the battered and bruised live events industry approaches the anniversary of the near-complete shutdown of business thanks to COVID-19, it’...

Music venues & live event industry offer vaccine aid in letter to Biden The National Independent Venue Association, aka NIVA, has teamed up with live event producers and other industry groups, including Live Nation, AEG, We Make Events, The Broadway League, National Independent Talent Organization, and more, to offer their venues and staff to President Joe Biden to aid in the process of giving out COVID vaccines. Its not a new idea -- Coachella producers Goldenvoice have been in talks with Ri...

25 January 2021 - Submitted by Olivia Powell Submitted by Olivia Powell on 25 January 2021 Make Events has announced the appointment of its first managing director, former TRO board director, Nick Burrows. Holly Moore, founder and CEO of Make Events, said: “At the start of 2020 it was my goal to make enough profit to be able to employ a managing director for Make Events. When sat at home contemplating how I would get us through Covid-19...

NAMM, NITO, NIVA, OVG, and We Make Events Partner in Support of Public Health LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In a letter to President Biden today AEG, Bandit Lites, Broadway League, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM), Live Nation, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), the National Independent Talent Organization (NITO), the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), Oak View Group (OVG), ...

(© Tricia Baron) The Broadway League is among the live event organizations that have formally offered up their venues to aid in the Covid-19 vaccination effort. The League, which serves as the national trade organization for the Broadway theater industry, joins groups including AEG, Bandit Lites, Live Nation, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the International Association of Venue Managers, the National Association of Music Merchants, the National Independent Talent Org...

by David Prior Events company Make Events has hired its first managing director. Nick Burrows, a former marketing director at TRO and founder of The Crimson Collective, will be responsible for the operational running of the agency. Since the start of the pandemic, Wilmslow-based Make Events has seen demand for its virtual events grow, developed a content studio offering and created new revenue streams including a bespoke gift box solution. It also rebranded its sister company, HM Events, to pri...