Submitted on Thursday 9th July 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 6th October 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-reply (see below for details)
Comedy is an art form, support our thriving UK circuit with emergency funds
The Government has announced a £1.57 billion emergency fund for the arts last week. This does not cover the thriving comedy circuit that brings in a great portion of income for the UK. We want the Government to recognise stand-up comedy as an art form and include it in the bail out plan for the arts
According to a survey of the comedy industry carried out by the Live Comedy Association (LCA):
- A third of comedy venues believe they are facing closure in 6 months, 77.8% face closure in less than a year.
- 60% of respondants have said that they will have to leave live comedy if performances do not restart before Feb 2021.
- Over three quarters of performers have earned less than 5% of their pre-pandemic expected earnings even with online gigs.
Comedy has the ability to change lives. Save it.
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