Ticket-holders will have fingers crossed that the lavish musical production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast will go ahead this week following the cancellation of further shows due to Covid.
The run of the musical at the Sunderland Empire was brought to an abrupt halt on Sunday due to what Disney referred to as "Covid-enforced absences".
The initial hope was that the show would resume this Tuesday and it was not confirmed until the morning of the sell-out evening performance that this would not be the case.
