Artists look for ways to remember and to share our collective grief from Covid.
Covid has had a massive impact on the theatre but now writers and performers are looking for ways to acknowledge the effect the pandemic has had on us all.
Jo and Lesley wanted to create a piece of theatre to allow people to mark their loss, to remember their loved ones and to celebrate their lives in a quiet, reflective moment. "You see these massive musicals opening in the West End and it just makes me really angry," says Jo Clifford."We have to acknowledge that something has happened. Millions have died and we can't just go back to normal without acknowledging that."Gratitude is a touring installation of 51 sculptures
"The hospital was very quiet throughout, with only one family member allowed to visit at a time, and the playrooms were all closed," she says. Or almost every one of the National Theatre of Scotland and BBC Arts' Scenes for Survival, created in lockdown conditions, about lockdown conditions. That was the setting for Luke Jerram's work In Memoriam, which saw 120 NHS bedsheets, fluttering like flags on the lawn in memory of all those who died.Back in Pitlochry, Lesley Orr believes no-one is unaffected by the pandemic. We all need a moment to stop, and reflect on the loss.
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