Curtain to Rise Slowly for Entertainment Industry

By Tyler Orton

“While the cinema can transport audiences into strange worlds, visits will likely feel even more surreal for patrons who begin returning to theatres following March closures brought on by the pandemic.

The B.C. government hasn’t set a date for allowing mass gatherings beyond 50 people, and the Cinematheque’s Ben Shockey isn’t “predicting that we’re going to have people banging down the doors immediately when we reopen.”

Instead, the acting managing director of the downtown Vancouver theatre and film institute said, audiences should expect below-capacity seating as well as spaces between individuals in the seats.

But the theatre intends to implement new cleaning and hygiene practices and will even have to determine how visits to the bathroom will work if patrons are expected to physically distance.”

Source: https://www.castanet.net/