Margaret Bending
Until the outbreak of the Corona Virus, I’d never really used Facebook. Now, I am much more aware of how useful it is for keeping in touch. It is when you are alone with your thoughts that they start to run away with themselves, and in stressful times like these, it is likely to be to the darker side, not the light. So it is good to share the funny – the good – things.
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