Theatre designer warns of obstacles for arts workers in Europe post-Brexit

Andrew Edwards urges government in open letter to reopen talks to renegotiate an EU-wide visa system for arts workers

A British opera and theatre designer has told of an intimidating" post Brexit experience in Schiphol airport in Amsterdam which nearly cost him his first paid job since the pandemic started a year ago.

Andrew Edwards says the roadblock" he experienced is a foretaste of the humiliation" to come once Europe reopens its borders with musicians, crews, and crafts people working in the arts now required to have paperwork to ply their trade in each country.