from many venues, and not in a good way. will theatres survive another winter if they don t? not all of them. not all of them, no. i mean, some have gone already. and i ve done a lot of touring in the provinces and a lot of the tiny theatres that i ve worked in over the years have gone. i mean, it s quite heartbreaking. it is, because life is changing. and i think it would be really sad if we lost live theatre. so, you know, wejust pray and hope that we all get through this winter. and those behind the scenes are just as worried. everybody s nervous. we don t know what s around the corner. you know, we look at the news, we watch the news, we watch the press conferences. and last year was very, very painful. you know, pantomimes were closed down and lots of people lost jobs. people who had trained to be in the theatre business went and worked in shops or on building sites, came back into the theatre and lost theirjobs at christmas. so we can t have that this year. early reports suggest
are just as worried. everybody s nervous. we don t know what s around the corner. you know, we look at the news, we watch the news, we watch the press conferences. and last year was very, very painful. you know, pantomimes were closed down and lots of people lost jobs. people who had trained to be in the theatre business went and worked in shops or on building sites, came back into the theatre and lost theirjobs at christmas. so we can t have that this year. early reports suggest that panto ticket sales are down, but not by as much as expected. and many theatregoers, but not all, are ready to return. how do you feel about it, autumn? excited. you feel excited? ifeel 0k. the one we re going to is local. so i think it s not going to be very crowded there. it s the jack and the beanstalk in a village hall. so it s a bit different to this. but we re going to frozen the musical today and i have had my
regime to pull off something like that in the united states, if they are involved in to this. would you want your kids to go take their friends to this movie over the christmas weekend? and i think a lot of parents probably wouldn t. the mere suspect spekter of this threat is already causing at least one theatre chap to pull out. i believe there will be others who pull out and refuse to show this film and the dominos will fall. it may be a moot point. this movie may be out of theatres before it even opens. and matthew, this is an attack on the first amendment, it is an attack on freedom of speech. it is an attack on the entire industry now. the industry has to start to realize that, don t they? that this is something that could possibly stop in a very significant way theatre going in this country. the theatre business could be on the vernal of collapse with threats like this. you don t have to be that patient to wait to see every movie you want at home it s a