Big drama: Lloyd Webber vows to reopen London theatres, even if it means arrest

Lloyd Webber owns six high-end theatres, and it costs him £1mil (RM5.8mil) a month to keep them shuttered. Photo: Reuters

Super-producer and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is prepared to defy the British government if there is any delay in theatres expanding to 100% seating capacity on June 21.

While the date is the one announced in the government's post-pandemic roadmap to recovery, it looks increasingly uncertain that it will be met, thanks to the rapid spread of the latest coronavirus strain, now known as the Delta variant after the image-conscious Indian government took umbrage.