Majority of UK theatres and music venues 'face permanent shutdown'
MPs told future is grim unless government steps in with more support after Covid-19 crisis Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Half of all music venues and 70% of theatres across the UK face permanent closure as a result of the coronavirus crisis, industry leaders have told a committee of MPs. Horace Trubridge, the general secretary of the Musicians' Union, and Julian Bird, chief executive…