AN actress and director from Colchester is helping to put on a socially distanced performance of Shakespeare.

Elizabeth Pickering Hopland will be directing an abbreviated version of Pyramus & Thisbe from a Midsummer Nights Dream.

The show will take place on September 5 and be streamed live via Elizabeth’s Facebook page.

She said: “So much art has been cancelled so I decided to put together a small socially distanced event.

“We have had Zoom rehearsals and also in person rehearsals in the venue.

“I am loving the process during these strange times, art must finds way of continuing.”

To watch visit Elizabeth’s Instagram at @cleonehopland or her Facebook @ElizabethPickeringHopland.