Kate Allerston only realised that Covid-19 was serious when she met Alan Titchmarsh. In March 2020, she was representing her community-focused theatre company at the Music & Drama Education Awards (MDEA) in London. A Place for Us was a nominated finalist, and when they met, instead of extending a handshake, Alan raised his elbow to greet her.
This greeting might be commonplace now but think back to those early days when the virus was only starting to become a reality, and you can see why the memory of that celebratory night might be tinged with an ominous sense of what was to come.
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