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T\ufeffheatres are facing lower sales from the cost-of-living crisis only a year after most re-opened following closured prompted by Covid lockdowns.<\/p>\n
Looking to the short to medium-term future of the theatre, Burns said: “I’m hoping that we’ve got very big population based in London, that there are enough people to come out across the West End.<\/p>\n
“P\ufeffeople are still going to have birthdays, wedding anniversaries, hen nights, something to celebrate. And it’s a very communal experience, enjoying live entertainment with a whole load of strangers.”<\/p>\n
Referring to cost-saving measures employed by theatres, she added: “A lot of us are going to be tightening our belts. I don’t know what everyone else is doing, but we’re switching our lights off the moment we can! We’ve got to look at the costs and try and keep them down.”<\/p>\n
E\ufeffarlier this month, former Doctor Who star David Tennant said he hoped people “don’t get out of the habit” of going to the theatre, admitting he had done so himself following Covid lockdowns.<\/p>\n
He told BBC arts correspondent Rebecca Jones: “I\u2019ve got out of the habit for it, certainly I\u2019ve not been to the theatre all that much, and I miss it. And I hope that people will slowly get used to going again. <\/p>\n
“It\u2019s been so difficult, it\u2019s been stopping and starting, \u2018you have to wear a mask\u2019 and \u2018you don\u2019t have to wear a mask\u2019 and \u2018you have to test before you go\u2019. And we are moving out of all that \u2013 for good or ill that\u2019s not the world we\u2019re in anymore.<\/p>\n
“So I hope that people will feel that it\u2019s worth it. I love a streaming binge as much as anyone else, but [theatre] is a different quality of experience, and it\u2019s not really like anything else.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n