LW Theatres has insisted that social distancing of at least 1metre was adhered to at the Palladium for the musical Songs For A New World and a Q&A with football manager Arsene Wenger, despite the evidence from some photographs taken at the event. But some audience members questioned about it were happy that appearances were deceptive: "There was a large crowd but we were 2m apart. And when we left they filtered people out in rows, there was no bottleneck", said one. CEO Rebecca Kane Burton wrote on Twitter that the 2,200-capacity Palladium was "operating at around 50% capacity".
Published: 13-10-2020