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Culture in peril

Britain’s world-leading performing arts sector has been brought to its knees by the coronavirus pandemic. This series looks at the extent of the crisis and how it might be overcome

30 March 2023

  • Riverside Studios

    London’s Riverside Studios to enter administration

    The Hammersmith arts centre, which faces soaring energy bills and debt from its redevelopment, said it has struggled to rebuild revenue streams after the pandemic

10 March 2023

  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge who has said debuting her hit show Fleabag at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival changed her life and career in a new documentary which explores the event's history. The BBC programme, titled The Fringe, Fame And Me, tells the story of how a small Scottish arts festival that began 75 years ago became a national institution that forged many talents. Issue date: Thursday August 4, 2022. The Fringe, Fame And Me See PA story Showbiz WallerBridge. Photo credit should read: BBC/Oxford Films/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: Not for use more than 21 days after issue. You may use this picture without charge only for the purpose of publicising or reporting on current BBC programming, personnel or other BBC output or activity within 21 days of issue. Any use after that time MUST be cleared through BBC Picture Publicity. Please credit the image to the BBC and any named photographer or independent programme maker, as described in the caption.

    The Guardian view on Fleabag’s fringe fund: a good deed in a bad world

    Editorial: By channelling money to Edinburgh performers, Phoebe Waller-Bridge is passing on some of her own good fortune

7 July 2022

  • Charlotte Higgins

    Cronies on boards, BBC vandalism and relentless culture wars – what Boris Johnson did for the arts

    Charlotte Higgins
    Defending statues, attacking ‘wokeness’, trying to destroy Channel 4 … the disgraced ex-PM’s impact on the arts has been disruptive, cynical and inept – but what comes next could be even worse

14 June 2022

  • Daniel Evans and Alecky Blythe, the duo behind Our Generation, at the National Theatre.

    Cancellations, costs and chaos: UK theatres grapple with rising Covid cases

    Infections among workforce lead theatres to cancel performances, with loan repayments, soaring energy prices and the cost of living crisis adding to their woes

5 May 2022

  • West End debut not happening. For now … Timothée Chalamet.

    Timothée Chalamet’s West End debut cancelled after two years of postponements

    The Old Vic theatre says its much-anticipated production of 4000 Miles, co-starring Eileen Atkins, will no longer go ahead

14 January 2022

  • Cancelled mid-run … Cinderella at Perth theatre.

    Dames in distress: Britain’s theatres count cost of Christmas wrecked by Covid

    Cancelled pantos decimated income at peak time as soaring cases caused cast and crew absences and restrictions cut audiences

6 January 2022

  • ‘A state of constant adaptation’ … Michael Elcock as Bert, Rosalie Craig as Fairy, Kat Ronney as Rose and Tamsin Carroll as Queenie in Hex at the National Theatre.

    Hex: National Theatre cancels opening night of Covid-cursed musical

    ‘Blighted’ by pandemic, Rufus Norris’s festive production will end current run without a press night but return in November

22 December 2021

  • London theatre shows cancelled due to covid

    The Guardian view on Covid-hit arts: there is a solution

    Editorial: A short-time work scheme would help freelancers when the going gets tough

16 December 2021

  • The Book of Dust, directed by Nicholas Hytner.

    ‘Hanging on by our fingertips’: theatres fear Omicron’s impact on festive season

    With a surge in cancellations across the country, the new strain of Covid might be the biggest threat to the UK’s stage industry yet

14 December 2021

  • Lyceum theatre

    Covid outbreaks force string of West End cancellations

    The Lion King, Life of Pi and the National’s Hex among shows affected during crucial festive season

13 December 2021

  • Cameron Mackintosh.

    Cameron Mackintosh: ‘the public appreciates theatre more’ since Covid

    The super-producer, celebrating his 75th birthday with a retrospective on TV, talks about the pandemic’s effect on commercial theatre – and his fury with government

28 October 2021

  • Lagerstein perform at The Gryphon in Bristol

    ‘You’ve got long hair, I’ve got long hair!’ The loud, joyful community of rock bars

    With strong drinks and stronger music, rock bars are fiercely independent havens for UK metalheads, who have been donating thousands to keep them alive after Covid

11 October 2021

  • NHS workers at a vaccination centre hosted at the Heaven nightclub in London, August 2021.

    Night-time cultural sector hit with 86,000 job losses due to Covid-19

    New research charts impact on nightclubs, theatres and more, which had been steadily growing before the pandemic

7 September 2021

  • The Anchoress, AKA Catherine Anne Davies, one of the shielding artists affected by the ongoing pandemic.

    Disabled and clinically vulnerable shut out from return of live music and theatre

    As social distancing disappears at UK arts venues, artists and audiences who need to shield are uncertain of the future

24 August 2021

  • Crowds watch Fontaines DC at Green Man festival last weekend.

    Confusion reigns in UK music due to vaccine passports and event insurance

    Boris Johnson’s statement that a double vaccine dose would be required to enter music venues is in doubt, and criticism is mounting around insurance for Covid cancellations

20 July 2021

  • Hairspray at the London Coliseum.

    Theatres accuse UK government of breaking Covid-19 insurance promise

    Amid widespread cancellations of performances, theatre unions and trade bodies say ‘a vital industry’ has been let down

19 July 2021

  • Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner at the Royal Court theatre, which was halted for a week due to isolation requirements.

    ‘It all feels very, very fragile’: theatres face summer of risk and chaos

    After weeks of Covid-related cancellations, the industry is braced for what could be its most challenging period. Theatres in Glasgow, Manchester and London give their view
  • Carrie Hope Fletcher as Cinderella and Gloria Onitiri as the Godmother in Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne theatre, London

    Andrew Lloyd Webber cancels opening night of Cinderella due to Covid case

    The composer calls it ‘a devastating decision that will affect the livelihoods of hundreds of people, and disappoint thousands’
  • ‘The production is no longer viable’ ... Kenneth Branagh in 2017.

    Kenneth Branagh play cancelled after ‘Covid-enforced absences’

    A revival of The Browning Version at Riverside Studios has been called off after cast members’ illness and self-isolation disrupted rehearsals

21 June 2021

  • Interior of the Savoy theatre, Monmouth, Wales

    Crippled by Covid: the vintage British cinemas under threat – in pictures

    The pandemic has laid waste to independent cinemas across the UK, with releases delayed and audiences vanishing. Now lockdown is over, here are 11 classic venues that are worth your support
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