A group of workers from the Italian
entertainment industry on Wednesday occupied the Globe Theatre
in Rome to protest against COVID closures and demand a swift
reopening for the crisis-hit sector.
"After more than a year of the ban on live shows we demand a
structural reform of the sector," the protesters said on
Facebook.
"We don't want a reopening without safety, which might plunge us
back into an even more uncertain working world, devoid of
guarantees.
"Let's reopen this space to all the precarious workers, to all
the exploited ones, to reappropriate for ourselves a moment of
exchange and self-training".
Those staging the sit-in said it was taking place with rigorous
respect for COVID health protocols.
They said all the participants had passed a COVID test.
Culture Minister Dario Franceschini appeared to back the protest
by saying that if the government was willing to reopen soccer
stadiums for the European Championships (at 25% capacity), then
the entertainment sector should come next, starting with live
concerts.
The Globe in Villa Borghese, which reconstructs Shakespeare's
storied arena in London, was recently renamed after late comic
acting great Gigi Proietti.
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