We go to the one at City Hall in Sheffield every year.I think they are only allowed to open at a much more reduced capacity than that. I'm off to The Hawth to watch some comedy and I think they are only open up to around 30% capacity maximum. For pantos, unless the stars are going to take a huge pay cut, I can't see them being viable at such reduced income.
It's an amateur production so the tickets just cover costs and charity donations.
It is absolutely superb and a Sheffield institution. Far better than the "posh" one round the corner at the Lyceum which always involves some Z listers who I've never heard of.
Hopefully, even with reduced capacity, they will still be able to put it on. We've been going for the last 9 years (usually me, my mum and the nipper who still loved it age 13).