Second Lockdown

Now in the second week of the second corona virus lockdown. We have survived the year comparatively well as we have much lower overheads than many other shops.
We have also managed to have our our own mini festival in place of this year's cancelled Lancaster Music Festival. Atticus Future Fest 2020 was a surprising success in many ways. Our one live event, A Wonder in the Woods, went amazingly well, we were lucky with both our timing and the weather. It was horrible complex to organise with so much attention being paid to virus safety strategies. The Middlewood Trust allowed us to use the ground in front of their study centre giving us plenty of space to distance the audience. It was a very enjoyable afternoon, though just a little stressful for the organisers.
The most interesting Future Fest events were those in VR where we be experimented with formats and reached new audiences from around the world. There were lots of problems and mistakes but what did work was so good that we are eager to try out new ideas and build on what we have learned.