RE: Good mention in RollingStone2 Jul 2020 13:34
I hear you and, yes, bigger productions can require a staff measured in the dozens for sure but that's a bigger problem for musicals of course which don't (usually) do "small scale".
Theatre, however, can be viable with just one guy or gal on the stage so it's a different proposition in the main, hell, if it's all digital then the actors maybe don't even need to be in the same postcode as each other ;)
For my own part, I'm kinda begging someone to sort this out already as I'm pining already for my live theatre :)
Ultimately, as demonstrated by PL football, if the financial impetus is there then it will be made to happen, even if everyone involved is being tested for Covid19 twice per week as PL footballers are, it's just a matter of (probably not very much) time when you've got a catalyst like Covid19 at play ...