Actor Marta Dusseldorp urges governments to understand how important live theatre is to business, as continuing COVID-19 restrictions make major productions unfinancial, and small productions companies struggle.
When arts power couple Marta Dusseldorp and Ben Winspear started Archipelago Productions last year a global pandemic was not among the potential hurdles they considered.Actor Marta Dusseldorp says governments need to take the arts more seriously as an industry during the pandemicSocial distancing forces theatres to reschedule productions in the hope of a major easing of social distancing
"It was a year to organise and make sure we had some kind of funding sponsorship. That all went," Dusseldorp said.The production has now moved to socially-distanced, in-person rehearsals this week, but there's still no firm date on when the cast will be able to raise the curtain.It's among the big-ticket productions that have been on hold in Hobart during the crisis.
Producer and Tasmanian theatre stalwart John X said the size and nature of the show left them with no other choice.John X says the coronavirus crisis restrictions have made it impossible to go ahead with the Rocky Horror Show this year.
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