Theatre companies have struggled to get audiences to return as government pandemic-relief programs are tapering off and inflation has pushed up the cost for supplies, rent and talent
As Canadian theatres struggle with snowballing economic woes in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns, performing arts associations in two of the country’s largest provinces are asking governments to boost their support.
Theatre companies have struggled to get audiences to return as government pandemic-relief programs are tapering off and inflation has pushed up the cost for supplies, rent and talent.
It’s worth celebrating the fact that Canada’s city-based theatre scenes have finally made it through a full fall-to-spring season for the first time since 2018-2019