Theatre technicians join Cardiff’s emergency hospital team

Theatre and lighting technicians who usually build festival sites and TV sets are helping to turn Cardiff's Principality Stadium into a 2,000-bed hospital to treat coronavirus patients. Theatre technicians are running in power for beds, events teams are building marquees and putting down floors, and festival electricians are installing power distribution systems. Company director Tom Feierabend of T&M services, whose staff are among those setting up the hospital, said that the equipment, staff and knowledge was there "because the arts industry exists".