COVID hit the arts industry hard. It hit medium-sized performing arts companies very hard. Tours were cancelled and troupes were locked down in foreign countries, and at home. Creatives were forced to adapt to these new conditions or perish.
In 2021, McGuffin produced Hysteria with Backbone at the East Brisbane Bowls Club, featuring a spectacular outdoor highwire rig and with the soundtrack delivered via audience headphones. This event was staged outdoors, so social distancing could be observed by audience members.
