Exeunt Magazine: Theatre is in the middle of its worst crisis since WWII, and before that, probably Oliver Cromwell’s ban on anything that smelt of fun. Theatres are closed. Reopening in any kind of profitable form would be horrendously dangerous. Thousands of theatre workers are facing redundancy, and thousands more freelancers have been left without financial support. This time, the physical buildings are – probably, hopefully – safe. But how do we stop them getting turned into yet more Wetherspoons-with-vague-heritage-trappings when this is over, as arch Brexiteer Tim Martin shakes his hoary locks with glee?
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