An artist’s commissions throughout the pandemic capture an'industry on its knees' but also 'hope'.
Keegan said he was able to give a "deep insight" from the theatre was full to "that very quiet time" with just one worker
In early 2020, Keegan, whose studio is in Botolph Claydon, near Buckingham, depicted a thriving theatre and even painted its last standing concert with Frank Turner, just 24 hours before the government announced the closures. "But I thought it was important to tell the story and showcase what theatre went through and how it has carried on.Peter Keegan was commissioned in 2019 to be the theatre's first artist-in-residence
"I had to check every level of the building, check no pipes had leaked, nothing had burst, no one had broken in, just trying to do a different route every third day because you heard your own footsteps, you heard your own echo, you heard every door close.Image source,Technical manager Lou Stevens is painted with "the weight of cavernous space around her"
"It's really humbling that I'm now captured in something that will be in the building for years to come.""The lone figure with the weight of cavernous space around her shows the symbolic emptiness of the time period."The artist said his work - including this from when the theatre reopened in September 2021 - had recorded an "incredibly significant event"
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