Note to Self by Brian Draper Originally published by LICC on June 19th, 2020r Connecting with Culture Issues & Trends ‘If theatre has survived, then go… and again look around you, at those hundreds of people sitting so close, sitting in the dark as a collective and listening to stories, and marvel at how mad and brilliant that is.’ Such evocative words from the playwright James Graham, composed recently as part of a letter that he (along with other cultural figures) sent to his ‘post-lockdown self’, sealed in an envelope to be opened next year. What a great idea! It’s to remind him – and us, if we choose to participate – what life was like in lockdown; what we’ve missed, what we’ve welcomed, and what we’ve learned about how to live, beyond it. Thinking about it, the last few weeks, for me, are filled with moments of awakening, like the seeds scattered in the parable of the sower. I remember the initial, visceral shock of seeing empty shelves....