CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION
OUTLET: THE AGE
Premier Daniel Andrews announced that from June 22, indoor cinemas, concert venues, theatres and stadiums can reopen with up to 50 seated patrons per space. Miao, who owns Prahran small theatre The MC Showroom, said it was "brilliant news" and it would be "a big relief" for artists to perform again. ''It's a green light for people in the industry to start to make some plans."
Miao will try running dinner theatre nights with audiences sitting at tables of two. They will order takeaway food and in turn support local restaurants. Zule Khan, Melbourne Comedian, said staging a dinner theatre was "a really good idea" as long as audience members were kept at a distance from one another and perhaps asked on entry if they had COVID-19 symptoms.