Arts Council England-funded Forty Years Out (And Counting): Performing The Archive multi-media project, The Boy and The Bear was written, performed, recorded, edited, arranged and produced by Seaford-based performer and writer Rose Collis during the 2020-21 lockdown.Rose Collis aged 19 in 1979It was inspired by, and draws on, sections of the research and script development of her new solo stage show (now postponed until 2022) — a scripted and performed audio-visual account of the rich personal and political journey taken by Rose Collis and her then closest gay male friend, who both came out in 1978.The personal stories unwind against a social and political backdrop and context of early Gay Pride marches; police harassment;.