The final curtain?

Ordinarily, it would have been nice to have spoken to playwright Gary Owen about the art of the monologue and the experience of seeing his latest work performed by actors of the calibre of Michael Sheen and Lynn Hunter - but inevitably talk turned to the pandemic and the dark shadow it's casting on theatre in general. His prognosis for the future of the sector is extremely bleak, but unfortunately not without reason - and it's being echoed elsewhere too.