'My work has just disappeared' - performers and crew count cost of Omicron

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'My work has just disappeared' - performers and crew count cost of Omicron
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'Now that we've been shut back down, we're back to square one, unfortunately.'

The Book of Mormon in the West End has brought down the shutters from 18 to 27 December

"I love this thing so much that it upsets me, the notion of having to leave. But I'm not sure my physical or mental health can continue with this level of uncertainty and a [government] response that isn't informed by what's being said." "Then they said, we'll move it to May. That means I still don't have an income for January, and the work I have lined up for May... I have to choose between two pieces of work. So somewhere along the line, I lose a month's income."

"It's really intelligent. And it shows Creative Scotland has been listening, whereas I don't believe the Westminster government has been listening and understand what the industry is."Bassist and bandleader Phill Court, based in south Wales, was supposed to be playing in a band for a pantomime this month, but that work has bitten the dust. A New Year's Eve concert and other January gigs have met the same fate.

"Depending on extra restrictions after Christmas, or whether they're reversed or more are added, it's a very worrying time." "Now there's that dreaded feeling of, 'What is to come, what is going to happen?', I know for a fact my mental health will take a massive plunge. I'm already extremely stressed for what's to come."

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