For actress and producer Marta Dusseldorp, raising the curtain at Hobart's Theatre Royal on Thursday night for the first time since March was a spiritual experience.Archipelago Production's staging of The Bleeding Tree is the first public production at Theatre Royal since MarchStaging the play has been an experiment in how to produce theatre under COVID-safe rules
"But I think with nearly 2,000 tickets sold, this is a testament that people know how to take care of themselves and each other, [and] are willing to do that.Director Ben Winspear said staging the play was an experiment in how to produce theatre under COVID-safe conditions. "People are hungry for theatre, for drama, for a star cast, for amazing first-class acting, and just to get out and come to the theatre and see their friends," Mr Schoon said.Read more about coronavirus:"The sentiment is definitely that people are wanting to come to the theatre," Theatre North general manager Mandy Shepherd said.
Not being touched. That can hurt the most.
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