Blue Bridge Theatre in Victoria has posted a video on its website called "Keep the lights on" to encourage supporters to contribute as the organization largely relies on private donations. Blue Bridge Theatre in Victoria is creating a new video to tell the history of the company’s own Roxy Theatre, while it's closed due to COVID-19 restrictions. (Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre/Facebook)Both companies are keeping busy with creative projects in anticipation of being able to reopen as soon as this fall. "I think the theater has always faced significant challenges in terms of getting the show on, but those are kind of everyday creative challenges and funding challenges that people become used to dealing with." Habel says everyone in the art community is struggling with the loss of shared spaces to create new projects.

Source: CBC News May 03, 2020 18:56 UTC