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FEW industries have suffered as catastrophically from the Covid-19 pandemic as the theatre industry. As indoor venues that host large numbers of people, Scotland’s playhouses are classed alongside the likes of nightclubs by our political leaders and their scientific advisers. Consequently, Scottish theatres face some of the most stringent Covid protocols in the world. In particular, current instructions are that audience members should be a very considerable two metres apart (double the distance, for example, required of playhouses in England). This state of affairs has led to some dismay, not to say consternation, among sections of the theatre community. They watch many of the hospitality and leisure industries returning to something like normality, and wonder if the powers that be are needlessly holding back the recovery of live drama.