Leading theatre names sign letter to Secretary of State to allow outdoor performing arts
Published 15 February 2021 As the nation waits anxiously for the forthcoming lockdown-exit announcement on the 22nd February, think tank OUT TO PERFORM and the COALITION FOR OPEN AIR THEATRE delivered a letter on Friday to the Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden making a request on behalf of performing arts of all kinds, to allow the outdoor performing arts to spearhead the sector’s return at the earliest opportunity, due to the inherently Covid-safer environment of the rapid dispersal of aerosols outside. A slew of major industry names have signed the letter and are hopeful that the...