Audiences at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club won’t be dancing cheek to cheek anytime soon, with the famous London venue having introduced a raft of “Covid protocols” (some already required by the Government, others not), including mask-wearing, facial thermometers and protective screens. Here’s a list of new rules from their website.
- Face coverings must be worn when entering and leaving the venue or anytime you are not seated. Staff will wear face coverings.
- Upon entering the club there will be an optional sanitiser station and a facial thermometer which you will be asked to use;
- All guests must scan the Track and Trace QR Poster on arrival at the club.
- We have removed entrance furniture to ease congestion in and out of the venue;
- We have increased our cleaning system using medical grade sanitiser on all surfaces;
- We politely ask customers not to bring excessive baggage that needs to be checked into the cloakroom to ease congestion upon entering and leaving the club;
- Increased hand washing of staff and staff health declarations;
- We have gone cashless. Your PDQ machine will be cleaned between each use;
- We have reduced capacity to 50% to allow for spacing between guests;
- We have adapted our air conditioning system to ensure there is 100% fresh air being circulated in the club;
- We have installed some protective screens in certain areas.
As if this wasn’t enough, the Club points out that these are “just a few” of the measures which it has introduced to ensure the safety of its staff, musicians and audience members. Incredibly, it says that this can all be done while “maintaining the atmosphere of the club”. Yeah, right!
If all (or most) live entertainment venues return to action in this manner, their post-lockdown recoveries could well be short-lived.
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