Another blow for arts and entertainment sector
While there is much being written and spoken of the move to Level 3 in the National Framework for Living with Covid-19 and its effect on pubs, restaurants and sporting activities, it comes also as a terrible blow to the arts and entertainment sector, some of whom were beginning to see a chink of light at the end of the tunnell.
‘Trasna’, one of the first events to be running at The Everyman Palace in Cork, sees its six-night run cut short this week with five more scheduled shows having to be cancelled.
Unlike the scenes we saw on television and on social media of groups before and after matches having scant regard for social distancing, in stark contrast, venues such as The Everyman and The Cork Arts Theatre have gone to all the rounds to implement the strictest protocol to ensure the safety of their patrons.
Five further shows at The Everyman have now been thrown into disarray (check with them for on-line performances). Likewise, the excitement around Doonshee’s presentation of ‘Katty Barry – Queen of the Coal Quay’ at the Cork Arts Theatre has been quenched because of Level 3 - a huge disappointment for its writer and director, Marion Wyatt.
Hopefully, Mike O’Dowd’s ‘Sods’ which is scheduled to run from Tuesday 3rd to Saturday 7th November and Stagemad’s presentation of ‘Jetty Stars’ which features our own Noelle Clarke (Tuesday 10th to Saturday 14th November) will get to go ahead when the time comes around.