West End shows including The Lion King have had to cancel performances owing to outbreaks of coronavirus among cast and crew.
The festive period is crucial to theatres, generating about a third of their income, but rising case numbers and the spread of the Omicron variant have prompted a number of productions to shut temporarily.
The Lion King at the Lyceum theatre cancelled shows on Tuesday and Wednesday, citing “Covid-enforced absences within our cast and crew”. Performances are due to resume on Thursday.
Life of Pi, based on the 2002 Booker prize-winning novel by the Canadian author Yann Martel, has scrapped five shows at Wyndham’s theatre but says it will return on Wednesday. Producers said there had been “several cases of Covid in the
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