“With one in five adults experiencing some form of depression during the pandemic, it is more important than ever to keep the conversation flowing around mental health. Whilst I am excited to be back creating art and finding new ways to tell stories as theatres remain closed, it is with a heavy heart that we still find ourselves in this dystopian situation. When we originally planned the project earlier this year, we expected to be reflecting on the pandemic and not still living through it.” - Ceri Ashe, Theatrenews.com

This is an exciting virtual collaboration between Span Arts and Popty Ping Productions. Through collaborative writing & storytelling workshops led by Ceri Ashe via video calls, participants were be invited to share their experiences, anecdotes and stories from lockdown. Ceri wove those stories together to create two exciting new pieces of theatre, one in English: Making Bread & Babies and one in Welsh: Bara a Babanod. These pieces were performed over zoom using live performance and pre-recorded film.The plays were performed over zoom using live performance and pre-recorded film.