As social distancing disappears at
UK arts venues, artists and audiences who need to shield are uncertain of the future
Performers and audiences who are clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) are being shut out of the arts due to a lack of ongoing safety provisions, according to a number of people within the sector who cite a “two-tier” cultural reopening.
While the rest of the population has been able to return to watching and taking part in live
music and performance as of the end of July, those who are clinically vulnerable, who number around 3.7m or 6.7% of the
British population, are still waiting for their freedom day.