#3 Disconnection
But what if you were without technology during a world wide pandemic? I know that to many this sounds completely absurd - everyone has a computer in 2020 right?! Wrong. Even now, when we seem to find ourselves more digitally connected than ever, many of our society are still without technology.
#2 The Virtual Stage
For me, the idea of Edinburgh in August without the Fringe is completely unimaginable. So when the inconceivable news was dropped on April 1st, I (like thousands of other artists, writers, producers, reviewers and backstage crew) was forced to pause, recalibrate and formulise a new plan now that we were faced with the gloomy prospect of a Non-Edinburgh-August.
#1 Stupid.
‘When I was at secondary school, I was academically shamed by my humanities teacher for misunderstanding a homework task he’d set.’