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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2020 19:19:45 GMT
It's simple. The show can't open as social distancing and lack of tourists will decimate their takings. The government are now asking companies to put in some of the furlough money. The producers would thus be spending money with none coming in. The government flat out refused this week to make a special case for theatre and others that can not return. The producers either bankrupt themselves or shed everything they can to ensure that the show can be remounted when it is safe to do so. But were the actors furloughed in the first place? I understood they were self-employed, working on a contract, so unable to be furloughed. Thus receiving nothing at all from the company (although may be able to get some help through the government's scheme for the self-employed). If they were self-employed it will entirely have depended on how they set up themselves as self-employed - if they have their own limited company and then "employ" themselves they could have furloughed themselves. It's the people who hadn't set up that structure who haven't been able to access much help. |
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