No joke: 77% of comedy venues in UK face closure within a year, finds survey
Fears sector will be overlooked when £1.57bn emergency arts funding is allocated Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Three-quarters of British comedy venues face closure within a year without financial support, according to a survey of hundreds of people in the industry who say they fear the government is ignoring the sector. The Live Comedy Association (LCA) survey suggests "an indust…