A devastated Andrew Lloyd Webber has blamed the Government’s ‘illogical and damaging’ isolation guidelines for the indefinite closure of his £6million musical Cinderella. The 73-year-old producer, whose show was to signal the reopening of the West End, said there has only been one positive case among the entire cast and crew. But under the Government’s isolation guidance, dubbed the pingdemic, he said he cannot continue the run. All our staff are devastated that a virus detection system punctures our ability to create work and jobs rather than protects them. But he retracted this after being told staff and audience members would all face individual fines.

Source: Daily Mail July 19, 2021 21:56 UTC