Last week at ANTRUC Virtual, Doc (Tom) Brown brought up looking at the data from Previous pandemics with regards to recovery. Whilst I was on the Audience Matters slack channel (join if you haven't) this popped up. Charcoal Blue has written an article on this exact thing looking at the impact of the Spanish Flu on US theatres in 1918.
https://www.charcoalblue.com/news/view/performance-buildings-in-a-post-pandemic-world
Interested in your thoughts
Stay Safe,
Heath
First - that slack channel is pretty cool! Thank you for sharing that.
Second, I found that article to be interesting. I'm amazed that Broadway didn't close in 1918. I also found that data about when peak deaths happened in relation to venues reopening in each city super useful. While I understand that it was written by a company that will benefit from performing arts venues re-opening and renovating I appreciated the way the writer broke down Crisis Management, Ramp-Up, and Adjustment. I worry that we are all SO stuck in the crisis management vacuum that we are going to end up behind the curve when it comes time to re-open and adjust. Anyway, just my two cents!
Madeline - your comment about being so stuck in crisis management struck a chord with me...I worry SO much about that as well.