7 Sep 2021

Covid-19: BATS theatre on new alert level 2

From Morning Report, 6:14 am on 7 September 2021

Like other operations of its type, Wellington's landmark independent theatre BATS is gearing up for life under a new kind of alert level 2.

Fifty is the maximum number of people will be allowed at event venues in most of New Zealand.

What will it practically mean?

How are theatres preparing?

Is it even possible to turn a profit in this sector at the moment?

BATS general manager Jonathan Hendry spoke to Susie Ferguson.