A pilot performance at the London Palladium operating at 30% capacity has demonstrated the ten measures needed to implement the government's safety rules for live performances. Beverley Knight performed an hour-long set, this being the first live performance on a London stage since March.
The required social distancing measures meant that only 640 of the 2,297 seats were occupied, and Andrew Lloyd Webber described the depleted audience as "a sad sight". Other safety measures included:
- chemically cleaning the venue
- an air ventilation and filter system that meets government specifications
- queuing at least one metre apart
- temperatures checked before entry and those under 38C only admitted
- issuing face masks to those who didn't have one
- staff asking visitors to scan and register their details for track and trace
- hand sanitiser stations for attenders to use before a bag check by staff wearing gloves and masks
- a one-way entry and exit system
- five metres between the stage and the nearest audience members in the second row of the stalls
Rebecca Kane Burton, the CEO of LW Theatres, said: “Today has proven we run a tight ship. We are not a risk, we know how to do things properly.”
Published: 24-07-2020