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National Theatre tells 400 casual staff they will lose their jobs

National Theatre tells 400 casual staff they will lose their jobs

Front of house and backstage teams told by email they will only be paid until the end of August as Covid-19 crisis forces more job losses

The National Theatre has told its 400-strong team of casual staff that they will lose their jobs in a move it said was unavoidable as the Covid-19 crisis continues to force job losses across the British theatre landscape.

The NT said that it will still be “many months before it will be possible to perform to audiences at usual capacities” and as a result job losses are unavoidable.

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