BFI Flare was set to take place in London (Jonathan Brady/PA)A film festival, theatre performances and gigs are among the events to be cancelled amid the coronavirus pandemic. The British Film Institute’s LGBT film festival BFI Flare was cancelled on Monday “due to the scale and complexity of running a large international film festival with filmmakers set to travel to it from across the world”, according to the organisation. More info here: https://t.co/4Qbu4bVbHX pic.twitter.com/FlzEIndVxW — Young Vic Theatre (@youngvictheatre) March 16, 2020On Monday, the Young Vic theatre cancelled all remaining performances of its Nora: A Doll’s House production, which is a reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play. This came after the theatre’s sister venue the Old Vic cancelled performances of Endgame, which starred Daniel Radcliffe and Alan Cumming. The film – a video game adaption starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, and Antonio Banderas – had been in pre-production in Berlin.

Source: Irish Independent March 16, 2020 13:20 UTC