The changes wrought by COVID have been felt far and wide across the sector. While the rise of live-streamed performances has been a welcome and overdue adjustment to business as usual in the performing arts, other impacts – such as rehearsals held via Zoom – have been disruptive and draining.
Similarly, the seemingly endless parade of cancelled and rescheduled productions, which typified 2021, continues to afflict audiences, artists and crew alike, especially as the highly infectious Omicron variant rages across the country.