London's theatre world has been devestated by Coronavirus. But the show will go on

The show must not go on. That was the message from the government to theatres everywhere. Or was it? Initially, no one was really sure. At first, it seemed to be a case of “It would be quite nice if the show didn’t go on”, but without compulsion, there was no support from insurance and no real understanding of what the impact was going to be on an industry almost entirely run by freelancers.