The youngest was 21 and the oldest 80. The effort people made blew me away
t 5.45am on 14 February this year, I was in my kitchen making spaghetti bolognese and questioning my life choices. As a performance artist, I’m used to putting myself in unusual scenarios, but nothing quite like this. I was getting ready to go on 100 dates over the next 17 hours. I’m normally nervous to go on just one.
The prospect of finding 100 people to go on a virtual date with me was nerve-racking. I announced an open call on, and asked friends to share it. The rules were simple: people had to book a five-minute slot any time between 7am and midnight. The dates would be livestreamed, and participants had to treat it the way they’d treat a normal date. I would have five minutes in between each date to go to the toilet or get food.
I could barely sleep the night before. I kept reminding myself that if I felt uncomfortable during a date, I could just shut my laptop. By 7am, I’d set up my camera and had changed into my go-to date outfit: a black strappy top, jeans, a jacket and red lipstick. I’d prepared food for the day, which sat all around me: croissants and orange juice, chocolate-covered strawberries, spaghetti bolognese, and even a heart-shaped prawn cocktail for two.
I believe the youngest date I had was 21, and the oldest was my friend David, an 80-year-old writer from Surrey. The effort people put in to make the dates special blew me away. People came with cards, balloons and flowers. Some made me laugh, others even made me cry; one guy serenaded me by singing my favourite song on the piano.The only way to get a look behind the scenes of the Saturday magazine.
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