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Dear Rishi Sunak,

Our industry is on its knees. This is a real, powerful way to support hundreds of venues, and thousands of us that work in the arts.

Please introduce #SeatOutToHelpOut. Where for every seat sold for a live performance, the government pay £10 for an empty seat.

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Makes life worth living. I am 70 with health issues as is my husband. It helps stave off depression and dementia

Janet

Its my job

Michaela

My industry is dying. We add billions to the economy. My daughter's great passion has been extinguished- her future a black hole. We are valuable and viable. There is no sense in pubs being full and venues not.

Meryl

The Arts / theatre are VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR SOCIAL FABRIC AND JOY WE CAN SHARE. Therefore better for our mental health

Nell

Theatre is somewhere to escape the goings on in the world. People have trained for years to perform yet you class them as unskilled. Theatres are part of our heritage and need protecting, not left to fall to bits. Let the. Reopen, apply social distancing for the audience, get the performers back in work and the money coming back in to theatres

Sharon

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Rishi Sunak: Save theatres with a seat subsidy #SeatOutToHelpOut