'Another rocky road': UK theatre bosses eye 2021 with resilience and realism
Last modified on Mon 18 Jan 2021 01.02 EST ‘We won’t do work that is comforting or safe’ Nikolai Foster, Curve, Leicester Last year we cancelled five productions which was heartbreaking but we learned a lot about resilience and are so determined now. When we thought we were coming out of lockdown we planned to stage Sunset Boulevard. We have a 350-seat space and a 970-seat auditorium and are able to fly out the dividing walls to create a 1,500-seat arena with a socially distanced audience of 500. Then Leicester went into tier 3 so we reconceived it for film. We asked ourselves how we co...