Coronavirus and culture – a list of major cancellations
Latest• All major West End and UK theatres to close and remain closed until further notice. • Sadler’s Wells cancels all performances with immediate effect for up to 12 weeks.• The Royal Opera House, London has been closed to the public and all performances cancelled with immediate effect.• London’s Wigmore Hall has closed until Tuesday 14 April.• Camden Arts Centre, London, closes galleries, cafe, garden, bookshop and studios, reopening date TBA.• Watford Palace Theatre cancels Talking Heads and postpones Abigail’s Party until 2021.• Royal Court theatre cancels Shoe Lady and upcoming productions• Fabric and Ministry of Sound nightclubs in London have closed until further notice.• Elton John postpones North American tour dates (26 March to 2 May), new dates TBA.• Foo Fighters postpone North American tour dates (12-20 April), new dates TBA.• Strand bookstore in New York closed until further notice.• Oxford Literary Festival, due to run 27 March-5 April, cancelled.• Sydney Writers Festival, due to run 27 April-3 May, cancelled.• The ICA in London closes its whole building, including galleries, cinemas and restaurant, for the forseeable future. • Royal Academy in London stays open but cancels its Festival of Ideas, due to have taken place 29 April–3 May. • London Original Print Fair, due to take place 1-3 May, cancelled. • The International Opera Awards, due to take place in London on 4 May, have been postponed until 21 September.• BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ film festival, due to start on 18 March, is cancelled• National Gallery in London announces that its exhibition on the life and work of Artemisia Gentileschi is postponed• Stoke Newington Literary Festival, due to run 5-7 June, has been cancelled.• Events in Leeds to mark the 100th birthday of Dame Fanny Waterman have been cancelled. The birthday of the founder of the Leeds Piano Competition on 22 March was to be celebrated with events including a public concert at the University of Leeds• Wellcome Collection in London announces it will close from 6pm 16 March. • Photographers Gallery in London reduces its opening hours from 11am to 5pm with staggered entry to reduce the risk of infection. • Endgame at the Old Vic theatre cancels last two weeks of its run.• Arcola theatre suspends all public performances until further notice.• South London Gallery closes at 6pm on 14 March and announces that it will not reopen until further notice – the first British publicly funded art gallery to take this step. • Human Rights Watch film festival, which started on 12 March and was due to run until 20 March, cancelled.
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Flare: London
LGBTIQ+ film festival, due to run 18-29 March, is cancelled.14 March: Ceremony for the Golden Raspberry awards, aka the Razzies, won’t go ahead, TBC if it will be rearranged for later in the year.14 March: Release of Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (17 April) postponed until September.14 March: Human Rights Watch film festival (due to run until 20 March) cancelled.13 March: Belfast film festival (1-9 April) postponed until autumn.13 March: Disney postpones indefinitely release of Mulan, The New Mutants and Antlers.12 March: Release of A Quiet Place 2 (20 March) cancelled indefinitely. Fast 9 postponed from May 2020 to April 2021.12 March: Tribeca film festival (15-26 April) postponed.12 March: Disney announces closure of Disneyland Paris and Disneyworld in US; Universal Studios theme park also announces closure.12 March: WonderCon (10-12 April) cancelled.12 March: The Lovebirds (3 April) cancelled. US release of Blue Story (20 March) cancelled.12 March: Release of Sooryavanshi (27 March) postponed indefinitely.11 March: Large-scale cinema closures in India, Poland, Lebanon and Kuwait11 March: Miami film festival (6-15 March) cancelled mid-run.11 March: All Italian cinemas closed.10 March: UK release of A Secret Garden postponed from 3 April to 13 August.10 March: Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway postponed from early April until 7 August.10 March: Release of Polish slasher film W lesie dzis nie zasnie nikt postponed.10 March: David Di Donatello Awards – Italy’s Oscars – postponed from 3April to 8 May10 March: Prague international film festival (19-27 March) postponed until later in the year.9 March: Beverly Hills film festival (1-5 April) postponed until further notice.9 March: AFI’s lifetime achievement ceremony to honour Julie Andrews postponed from April until the summer.9 March: Beijing international film festival (April) postposed indefinitely.8 March: All Italian cinemas closed.8 March: Restrictions imposed on French cinemas to run at 50% capacity; some cinemas closed. 6 March: SXSW festival (13-22 March) cancelled.6 March: International Indian Film Academy Awards - Bollywood’s Oscars – postponed from 27 March.4 March: Bond film No Time to Diepostponed from early April to late November.3 March: Red Sea international film festival (due to start 12 March) cancelled.1 March: Most South Korean cinemas closed.28 February: Disneyland Tokyo closed.22 February: Iran closes most cinemas.13 February: Hong Kong film festival (24 March to 6 April) cancelled.31 January: Chinese film Enter the Fat Dragon cancels all cinema plans and debuts online.24 January: China closes most of its 70,000 screens.23 January: Chinese New Year releases of seven major titles cancelled.22 January: Cinema release of Chinese blockbuster Lost in Russia cancelled; film is fasttracked to streaming services.
Music
16 March: Fabric and Ministry of Sound nightclubs in London have closed until further notice.16 March: Re-Textured festival (London, 2-5 April) postponed until 2021.16 March: Bristol International Jazz and Blues festival postponed from 26–29 March, intending to reschedule in autumn.16 March: Elton John postpones North American tour dates (26 March to 2 May), new dates TBA.16 March: Foo Fighters postpone North American tour dates (12-20 April), new dates TBA.16 March: iHeartRadio awards (29 March) postponed, new date TBA.16 March: Bluesfest (Byron Bay, Australia, 9-13 April) cancelled.16 March: All NYC entertainment venues to close.15 March: Academy of Country Music awards postponed to September, new date TBA.13 March: Lightning in a Bottle festival (California, 20-25 May) cancelled.13 March: Kelly Clarkson Las Vegas residency (1-11 April) postponed until July, new dates TBA.13 March: Sturgill Simpson postpones March North American tour, dates resume 20 April – 31 May.13 March: Prince Royce postpones North American tour (19 March – 16 May), new dates TBA.13 March: Pharrell’s Something in the