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The three one-woman shows that lit up theatres in 2020 Normal text size Advertisement Empty theatres due to pestilence – routine in Shakespeare s time – created financial black holes sucking the lifeblood from companies, venues and individuals. Our governments, meanwhile were bewilderingly slow to understand that COVID was at least as catastrophic for the arts as for the travel and hospitality industries. Streaming, embraced by many musicians, was less attractive to local theatre-makers, given the costs and complexities of a viable production, and the fact filmed theatre instantly falls in danger of primarily being a cinematic experience. Nonetheless, several attempts were made, such as the ....