CYP Now - Participation in Action - Youth theatre group documents young people’s lives in coronavirus time capsule

Charity set up by members of a London youth theatre has developed a project that allows young people to record their experiences of life during the coronavirus lockdown.

Provider Islington Youth Theatre and Company Three

Name Coronavirus Time Capsule

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen children and young people isolated from their social networks as up to half the world’s population has, at some point, been placed in lockdown, unable to physically meet up with friends.

For many young people, communicating through social media, video calling and mobile messaging services are second nature, but these are not always the best mediums for open and honest discussion about how they are feeling. To help young people put words to their feelings during these unprecedented times, members of youth theatre Company Three has created a project for young people across the world to post video diaries on a specially created platform to document their experiences in a Coronavirus Time Capsule.

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