Pete
I notice there are groups of people out on the streets going about their daily life without a care in the world. Didn’t they get the message? I pass a group of six guys drinking outside the off licence. It’s like a bank holiday in Harehills. I stay in isolation on the allotment. I sow cabbage, tomatoes coriander, and courgette. This passes the morning nicely.
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