Marcia Wright
Hurray for a much better night’s sleep. I go into the back bedroom, and see that on our little pond outside, there is a Mother Duck and her ten little ducklings, having their first swim. She must have hatched them somewhere unseen, close by. They look so sweet, and suddenly the world seems a much brighter place.
On 16 March 2020, one week before official government guidance, and just as Covid 19 was turning into a global epidemic, the Performance Ensemble went into lockdown. Our weekly company workshops came to an abrupt halt, and we disappeared behind our individual front doors. The easy ways of communicating, face to face, were no more. But we still needed to connect. Nine of the company started to keep diaries of their experiences, as a way of overcoming the isolation. Here they are: 31 days of lockdown, recorded during the months of March and April, beginning on 16 March and ending on 1 May, just as restrictions started to be eased. Edited by Barney Bardsley