September 2020

Location: London, UK 

COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak

September - how is it already September?

September was the month when everyone really tried to "go back to normal"

Started off the month with a cast screening of Love & Information which we decided to really go for big style - everyone dusted off their black ties and ballgowns and we had a fabulous evening!

It was my birthday - celebrated with a family walk and Papa John's vegan pizza which was great!  Lockdown birthdays kinda suck but also I feel like people make more of an effort to reach out as the circumstances are so strange.

I went back to weekly ballet classes, first since March.  It has been lovely to stretch my muscles and my dance brain.

Went to the cinema for the first time - my cinema of choice is the BFI, partly because I'm a member and partly because I like the way they do things.  Saw two excellent films (in a socially distanced cinema where masks were required throughout) - Memories of Murder, the 2003 film by Parasite director Bong Joon Ho and Clemency which made me cry, twice.

Also went to the theatre which was thrilling!  I saw the concert version of Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.  I think they were very, very clever in the way in which they staged it and the singing was BRILLIANT.

Schools went back (much to the relief of many parents across the land) but anyone who sneezes is immediately sent home (or so it seems).

It became impossible to find a Covid test in London.

The universities encouraged all the students to return, pay their tuition, pay for their accommodation and then when, in a shocking turn of events, the infection rate rose (such a surprise) they locked them all in and classes reverted to being delivered via Zoom.  I feel desperately sorry for these students, most of whom were mucked around with their A-Level results and then further experimented with in this way.  At one point they were told they might not be able to go home for Christmas.

Lockdown and social rules continue to be changed and updated, bar and restaurants currently need to close at 10pm although again unsurprisingly this just encouraged people to gather in large groups in people's houses or the off-licence... *sigh*