When cinemas, theatres and art galleries will reopen after lockdown
As part of the easing of the third lockdown, the government has announced the return of indoor entertainment from early summer
Theatres will be back from May 17 – but with social distancing in place
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Lockdown measures across England have begun to be gradually lifted, as some freedoms are restored to the public.
Normality, however, is a way off. The Prime Minister has suggested that rapid testing or vaccine passports (known officially as Covid “certification”) may be required for audiences, in order to bring back larger events.
A number of pilot events in Liverpool are to run during April and early May, with before-and-after lateral flow tests to gauge the feasibility of large, non-socially-distanced audiences.