lockdown Archives

This Covid Life: Ash

PD February 5, 2021; MD December 18, 2024 by Bettina Gracias

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“It is hard to believe that it was almost a year ago, April 2020, that I answered an advert on the BBC Writers Room page to send in a ‘dark’ ten minute script on life under Covid.”

COMEDY / THEATRE

Finding Love During the Time of Covid

PD November 8, 2020; MD March 16, 2025 by Beverly Andrews

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Acclaimed playwright Bettina Gracias’ lovely award winning short film, ‘Jakinta’, highlights the issue of finding love during the time of covid.

THEATRE / VIDEO

‘Jakinta’ short zoom comedy

PD October 30, 2020; MD March 9, 2025 by Bettina Gracias

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Join Jakinta as she prepares for her virtual date in ‘Jakinta’, a comedic look at Internet dating on zoom during lockdown.

PHOTO

When the world changes…

PD July 20, 2020; MD April 2, 2021 by Pierre Scordia

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I was fortunate enough to have spent the lockdown in a beautiful Caribbean island, relatively spared by the pandemic. In the Lesser Antilles we had a lockdown but it wasn’t as strict […]

THEATRE

Around the Globe in Eighty Days

PD June 22, 2020; MD May 7, 2021 by Pierre Scordia

Tagged Bettina Gracias, Beverly Andrews, Covid19

By Pierre Scordia Countries around the world are now emerging from their Covid19 lockdowns. The arts have been one of many sectors hit hard. In the United Kingdom, where theatres remain […]