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Life Is A Paper Theatre - And Other Ways To Make Sense Of Crazy Times

Life Is A Paper Theatre - And Other Ways To Make Sense Of Crazy Times

Liz Ryan finds stuff to do and things to watch during Lockdown3

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Jan 14, 2021
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Life Is A Paper Theatre - And Other Ways To Make Sense Of Crazy Times
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“Does anybody remember laughter?” sang Robert Plant on Stairway To Heaven. There have been points this week when I haven’t known whether to laugh or cry. In the past few days I’ve had two migraines, and then my ancient, beloved Vauxhall Agila finally gave up the ghost.

I hurriedly bought her replacement through a queasy post-migraine miasma, with less research than I’d normally do if I changed my eye cream. Ouch! It certainly leached all the fun and excitement from buying a new(ish) car.

But there’s always art, and art makes life bearable. So on we go.

I’ll start with a fabulous resource for children:

Paper cutouts depicting home life for children during Covid.
(Copyright -- #ToyLikeMe)

The #ToyLikeMe charity, which campaigns to have children with disabilities represented in the toy industry, has created My Little Lockdown Life, a downloadable paper theatre in a box. Created by Kate Read and Rebecca Atkinson, it contains paper cut-outs that children of all abilities can use to process and make sense of our rather mystifying times. The charity had…

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