Edinburgh is bustling again this summer, with festivalgoers queueing for shows including this one presented by Rhum + Clay and the New Diorama. Look around the Pleasance Courtyard and it seems like an ordinary day at the fringe except, as we all know, everything has changed. We are adapting to the pandemic but while the natural instinct and government guidance is to move forward, looking back is essential to processing what we’ve been through.
Without any direct references to Covid, this play for seven-to-11-year-olds retreads all too familiar scenarios of the last couple of years from a child’s perspective: school closures, stressed parents glued to news updates, rocketing anxiety and anger, a world on pause and days that get smaller.
