Rebecca Kane Burton: “Socially distanced venues don’t work”
With socially distanced concerts not viable, UK venues are fighting hard for the right to reopen with a full house, says the LW Theatres CEO
Feature By IQ | 6 August 2020
Beverley Knight’s landmark 23 July show at the London Palladium was a “blessed relief” for everyone involved – but it also showed that socially distanced concerts aren’t viable for the vast majority of music venues, according to Rebecca Kane Burton, CEO of West End venue chain LW Theatres.
British soul singer Knight played to a crowd of around 640 – some 30% of the Palladium’s normal capacity – as part of government-backed ‘pilot’ scheme designed to how venues might operate…
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