The strange experience of theatregoing on the possible eve of darkness | Arifa Akbar
Ladies and gentleman, please take your seats " for how long? Our chief theatre critic on her Covid-hit week Until a few days ago, I had a diary rammed with first nights. This week was non-stop theatre every night: a sprint finish to the festive down-tooling. Wednesday evening was supposed to be the press night for Hex, Rufus Norris's musical retelling of Sleeping Beauty at the National Theatre. And then it wasn't, du…