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Royal Opera House says it will ‘not last beyond Autumn’ with current reserves

Royal Opera House cuts entire team of casual staff

Royal Ballet & Opera

Indoor pilot performances are taking place with the London Symphony Orchestra

Boris Johnson says indoor concerts with live audience can resume on 1 August

Choir rehearsals are still off limits

‘You can have a barbecue, but you can’t sing’ – should amateur groups be allowed to make music again?

Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall

Southbank Centre warns 400 jobs are at risk amid coronavirus crisis

‘Six’ musical and Sheku Kanneh-Mason drive-in concerts cancelled

‘Six’ musical and Sheku Kanneh-Mason drive-in concerts abruptly cancelled amid local lockdown fears

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Opera and musical drive-ins to resume

Live opera and theatre begin again – Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park, and drive-in operas with ‘Uber boxes’

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Birmingham's Symphony Hall and Town Hall announce job losses

Birmingham’s Symphony Hall and Town Hall could axe half its workforce

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Dvořák in Greenwich Park

Theatres are still closed, so these musicians turned a London park into a concert hall

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Salisbury Cathedral Choir choristers

Cathedral choirs given £2m lifeline, as they fight to survive amid COVID-19

Outdoor concerts and theatre can restart on Saturday

Outdoor concerts and theatre can resume on Saturday with social distancing

Concerts and theatre could be cheaper after lockdown with VAT slashed

Will theatre and concerts be cheaper after lockdown, as VAT is slashed?

Philharmonia orchestra

Will the government’s £1.5 billion for the arts actually reach those in need?

Two leading church choirs abolished in London, amid coronavirus crisis

Choral music to cease at parish church of the House of Commons, as choir is reportedly abolished

Nostalgic Hugh Jackman builds Sydney Opera House jigsaw, tears it all apart

Nostalgic Hugh Jackman builds Sydney Opera House jigsaw, tears it all apart

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