Eden Court Highlands cancels 'live' performances until December 2020
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Eden Court today (Thursday, July 30) announced that all live performances currently scheduled to take place in the Empire Theatre and OneTouch Theatre before December 4 have been, or are in the process of being, cancelled, postponed or rescheduled.
Ticket holders for shows taking place before this date will be contacted by our Ticket Sales team at least one week before they were due to attend their scheduled event.
Eden Court’s Community Classes programme will not take place for the remainder of 2020.
A further update on Eden Court’s Christmas offer, including its 2020 pantomime Cinderella and festive productions for under-5s, will be made in September.
Under Scottish Government’s current lockdown easing outdoor music events are still not permitted and as such Eden Court’s award-nominated annual pop-up summer music festival, Under Canvas, will not be able to take place this summer. Eden Court is investigating what may be possible later in the year.
Whilst Eden Court is unable to provide live performance to audiences on its stages it will continue to showcase the best arts and culture online.
As Scottish Government lockdown easing continues it will explore all the ways possible to get artists and audiences interacting again.
Despite the cancellations announced today, Eden Court does intend to begin a phased re-opening of the building to the public from sometime in late September/early October and it is hoped this will include the re-opening of cinemas with social distancing.
More information regarding this will be announced in the coming weeks.
James Mackenzie-Blackman, Chief Executive at Eden Court said: "Whilst our currently programmed work until December has now all been cancelled, postponed or rescheduled our efforts are focussed on working towards both the delivery of an interim artistic programme and a phased re-opening of Eden Court.
"We do this whilst continuing to navigate the business through these unchartered waters to ensure we are fit for purpose to meet the needs of shows, staff and audiences when we hope to have a fully operational building in 2021.
"We have delayed the announcement of what Christmas will look like at Eden Court to allow further lockdown easing and the publication of Scottish Government guidance and advice specific to our industry.
"Christmas is an incredibly important time of the year for the success of our business and so whilst so much remains uncertain we will not be rushed into decisions that we might regret in the future."
