There's no business without show business for one Wagga-based medical charity.
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This year will be the 10th anniversary of the Specialist Medical Resources Foundation's annual variety show, 'Life in the Spotlight'. But amid the pandemic things will look very different.
"It was meant to go ahead in August but plans had to change," said charity representative Angela Boulton.
"We had about two weeks of rehearsal and then everything was shutdown."
The charity usually relies on performances throughout the year. But this year, it has relied on JobKeeper payments.
The performance team has now decided to go ahead with their annual show in November, even if it will be smaller.
"Our cast of 45 is now down to 24, so it's the smallest we've been for a while so that we can manage social distancing arrangements backstage," Ms Boulton said.
Additionally performers in the two-hour long musical variety show have had to rehearse apart from each other.
"The cast is great, they're very talented and a lot of them have been returned performers," Ms Boulton said.
"I said to them, this could be the hardest performance you've ever had to do."
As a result of the social distancing measures, the closing night performance at the CSU Playhouse on 5 December has already managed to sell out "in record time".
"We can only sell the [Playhouse] theatre at 50 per cent capacity as well," Ms Boulton said.
"But we've decided to go ahead in the hopes of making some money."