Time Capsule Week 11: Characters of Lockdown

Level 3 Performing Arts students from South Eastern Regional College (SERC) are taking part in a Coronavirus Time Capsule project involving groups of young people from around the world.

Fiona Cullen, Lecturer in Performing Arts, “The Coronavirus Time Capsule is a free project for groups of young people around the world organised by London based theatre group Company Three who give teenagers the space to tell their own stories. At this time of year our students are usually gearing up for a huge end of year production which was due to be performed in Space, Bangor on 24 March, but due to the lockdown this was not possible.  The publisher, who gives us performance rights and permission for this production, Nick Herne Books, got in touch to advise us about the Coronavirus Time Capsule project and our Level 3 Performing Arts students were all keen to get involved.

“At SERC, we have made the transition to online learning and this project fitted perfectly with our course.   It gives the students another reason to be creative, to continue their studies and to focus on something that is beyond the confines of their home. It is another way of engaging them in their studies but also giving them the opportunity to create something that they can look back on in years to come with their children and grandchildren. They will have captured themselves at a time when things changed dramatically.  

"This week's Coronavirus Time Capsule is our most creative to date. We introduce you to some of the characters we have created since we began lockdown. Next week is sadly our last instalment and will be our best yet! The films will then be edited together for us to keep and stored at North Down Museum for future generations to watch."

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