These recent times have been some of the hardest challenges we've faced and as a community, it hit us pretty hard. However during these difficult times, here at Pocket Size Theatre, we wanted to spread a little positivity and share some peoples experiences because we are all in this together. Each day we'll be speaking to our friends in the industry to share their experiences with you all so take a read and see how people are getting through these hard times.
Let's stick together, share the love and get through this as a community!
Jordan Cunningham was most recently seen in the UK and International production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, understudying Miss Understanding and Felicia/Adam. His previous credits include Pepe/Cover Chino in West Side Story (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); Sayid/Cover Jamie New/Cover Young Loco in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre, West End); Olivier Awards 2018 (Royal Albert Hall); Ritchie Valens in The Buddy Holly Story (UK Tour); Chino in West Side Story (Kilworth House Theatre); Tootles, The Lost Boy in Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure (LW Theatres).
Let's stick together, share the love and get through this as a community!
*Some information mentioned in this article may be out of date due to the progress of the current situation. Please keep that in mind when reading*
Jordan Cunningham was most recently seen in the UK and International production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, understudying Miss Understanding and Felicia/Adam. His previous credits include Pepe/Cover Chino in West Side Story (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); Sayid/Cover Jamie New/Cover Young Loco in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre, West End); Olivier Awards 2018 (Royal Albert Hall); Ritchie Valens in The Buddy Holly Story (UK Tour); Chino in West Side Story (Kilworth House Theatre); Tootles, The Lost Boy in Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure (LW Theatres).
On Monday 16th March 2020, The Society of London Theatre announced the closure of all Theatres in London. This followed suit with regional venues. Where were you when you found out and what was your initial reaction?
I was at home in London as I had unfortunately sprained my ankle pretty badly a couple of weeks before in Newcastle so I found out officially through my resident director and company manager via WhatsApp, but I was in constant communication with my other castmates, as there was a lot of confusion going on to do with what was happening. I was on Twitter slowly watching the domino effect of each West End theatre closing one by one, and predicted this would be the same for touring productions also, in which eventually it was. As saddening as I thought this was, I knew it was important for it to happen, because watching the news and keeping up with the Cover-19 updates via Twitter; I knew audiences being in close proximity to each other was a recipe for disaster and I also didn't want my friends and colleagues to get sick either. This is a real pandemic and people need to take it seriously. Isolation Is very important and as much as the arts provides enjoyment and escapism, our health and wellbeing is imperative.
