Les Mis and Hamilton shut until 2021 as Cameron Mackintosh starts redundancy process

West End producer also delays Mary Poppins and The Phantom of the Opera as consultation over possible job losses begins

Four of London’s most successful stage musicals will not reopen until 2021, the producer Cameron Mackintosh has announced.

Mackintosh said he had taken the “heartbreaking” decision to delay the return of his shows Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Hamilton and The Phantom of the Opera because of uncertainty over both safety for audiences and a date for the withdrawal of social distancing measures. Mackintosh, his producing partners and Delfont Mackintosh Theatres are starting a process of consultation over potential redundancies for all employees on the four productions.

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