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March 15, 2020 06: 25:01
The efficient ban on mass gatherings to consist of the spread of coronavirus in Australia is throwing the nation’s arts and entertainment industry into chaos, with casual workers especially devastated.
Key points:
- Arts and entertainment employees are particularly susceptible to cancellations
- Two-thirds of employees in the markets are delicately employed or freelance
- This rate is double the rate of the general Australian workforce
The Federal Government desires all mass gatherings of more than 500 people to be suspended from Monday
Concerts, theatre productions, funny festivals and flower shows are amongst the growing list of cancellations across Australia.
Xani Kolac is a violinist on the musical Come From Away, which has decided to end its theatre season in Melbourne early due to the crowd limitations.
” I’m so gutted,” Ms Kolac said.
” It’s been an actually, truly awful and scary, stressful week for all the artists and musicians around the world.”
It is not the only wor