By Cal
Link: Shielders | Traverse
Theatre
(I had trouble seeing the full video on the Traverse Theatre site, but
there’s an option to watch it on youtube and that was fine)
Available until: 31st
January 2020
This play opens with a striking image.
Like watching fireworks when you’re on drugs.
Or… so I would imagine.
In many ways, Shielders, by
Matilda Ibini, is the play I’ve been wanting to see for most of the year. A
play set during the pandemic, where the pandemic is very relevant because it’s
happening, but it’s not really the central focus. People wearing masks and
social distancing as they talk about something else. People who are shielding,
but don’t spend the whole time thinking about the fact they’re shielding.
Upsetting as it can be to be shut away from everyone for so long, shielders do
have other interests. It’s very possible to be at home all the time and still
have fun. Without baking even one loaf of banana bread.
