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Exactly a year ago, when Australiaâs theatres all abruptly went dark, Michael Cassel, executive producer of
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Melbourne and the upcoming
Hamilton at Sydneyâs Lyric Theatre, started planning for his worst-case scenario.
âWe thought, OK, letâs hope itâs a couple of weeks â but maybe itâs a month,â he says.
As a result of the pandemic, they had already cancelled their
Lion King international tour scheduled to open in Wuhan, of all places. Now âthere were zero dollars coming in to pay the cast and crew on production, zero dollars for our company [Michael Cassel Group] to keep everybody employedâ.
One year after COVID-19 lockdowns, how is Australian theatre faring? smh.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from smh.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.