Almost twenty thousand frustrated thespians have joined a facebook group where they have been pretending to be rehearsing for the same performance.
The social media page was set up by actor Jack Mcgirr as “a space to be entertaining and a laugh for fellow actors dealing with covid-19.”
The huge numbers have proved a handful to administer with Mcgirr deleting posts containing swearing, politics and links to promotions.
More on the politics later – but first here are the posts most enjoyed by our correspondent Peter Novakovich.