Standon Calling festival saved after fans raise £90,000 to keep event alive in 2021
Organiser Alex Trenchard had feared for the future after the event s cancellation last year due to Covid-19
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Standon Calling will return this year (Image: Matt Eachus/PA Wire)
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Red Alert - Womanby Street venues, Cardiff. Image by Sofie Bainbridge CAMPAIGN group, We Make Events Cymru, has reflected on the impact of Covid-19 on Wales events sector. On March 16, 2020, the UK Government called for drastic action to halt the spread of coronavirus. Boris Johnson advised public buildings, including theatres, to close and mass gatherings to stop. This week, 12 months on, campaign group We Make Events Cymru, has reflected on the impact of Covid-19 and how the lockdown restrictions has had a devastating effect on their industry. The impact of the announcement in March last year meant that the UK event sector came to a standstill, resulting in events being cancelled, theatre and music shows could not be staged and thousands of Welsh event professionals could not work.
Red Alert - Womanby Street venues, Cardiff. Image by Sofie Bainbridge CAMPAIGN group, We Make Events Cymru, reflects the impact of Covid-19 on the events sector. On 16 March 2020, the UK government called for drastic action to halt the spread of coronavirus. Boris Johnson advised public buildings, including theatres, to close and mass gatherings to stop. This week, 12 months on, campaign group We Make Events Cymru, reflects on the impact of Covid-19 and how the lockdown restrictions has had a devastating effect on their industry. The impact of the announcement back in March last year meant that the UK event sector came to an outright standstill, resulting in events being cancelled, theatre and music shows could not be staged and thousands of Welsh event professionals could not work.
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When lockdown hit I was preparing to play Judith Bliss in Noel Coward’s Hay Fever whilst my husband was due to perform on Broadway. Suddenly, overnight, we went from earning good wages to nothing. As actors we were ineligible for government assistance and after 30 years climbing the career ladder I was on minimum benefits.
I don’t think the industry was prepared to still be shut a year later, but I had my own personal fears - even as we enjoyed the mini-holiday vibe of the first lockdown, lapping up the sunshine and indulging in evening cocktails.
A year on we are preparing to move out of London to relieve the financial pressures. Actors are used to periods of inactivity, but that is very different from having no work and no income.