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 that panto