A slightly quieter week

Following on from last week's excitement, I've taken this week a little slower, but still been busy dear reader.

As a left over from last week, Monday was spent finishing off the get out for 'Narrative'. With a few things left to derig and move, we were busy for most of the day, finishing with the job of repainting the floor (it’s not quite as bad as it sounds). Whilst we didn't do the best job (it’s a little bit patchy, despite my best efforts), the Bute looks as good as new (almost, I’m hoping it was patching to start with).

With the show over, the rest of my week was pretty much mine to do what I wanted. Tuesday and Wednesday were spent faffing around (catching up on what I'd not done during the show). To mark Shrove Tuesday we (the flat) attempted pancakes. Whilst I was merely a spectator, this year's attempts were certainly interesting; a little different to what I was excepting, with room for improvement for next year. I wandered home Wednesday afternoon as I had a few things that I wanted to do, back up north.

Thursday and Friday were once again spent faffing around, but doing important jobs like opening my post (aren't I popular) and getting my hair cut (I like to live dangerously). I went to see 'Wit' at the Exchange on Thursday, which was brilliant! I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but really enjoyed it. It was both brilliant from a technical and acting point of view, with lighting creating the various locations, as the set was an empty, revolving stage. Julie Hesmondhalgh was superb as Dr. Vivian Bearing and was onstage for the entire show, but never faltered; I was very impressed. This week’s stage door was a lovely lady called Julie Legrand.

Friday evening was another show, 'Les Mis'. Having started work on it before I went down to Cardiff, it was lovely to see the final production. It was odd to go back to my school as just an audience member and be able to enjoy the show for a change. I did spend the show spotting all the old, familiar props from other shows that I’d sourced. What was particularly nice was that I saw some of the younger actors, from panto, taking larger, leading roles and really pushing themselves. Despite having not worked on it I volunteered to do the get out the next day which was fun. Having done the 'Narrative' get out the week before, 'Les Mis' wasn't quite so demanding, as it was mainly gathering props and coiling cables (no sign if gravel what so ever). Again, it was nice to be back, doing what I'd always done and nice go catchup with everyone.

That evening we (Mum, Dad and I) went out for an evening with Jonathan Veira. Whilst it was perhaps not the sort of thing that I would normally go to, I thoroughly enjoyed it and was glad that I went. He not only sang, but also entertained us with jokes and anecdotes for the evening.

You can't really see the
snow unfortunately

To round off my trip home Sunday was spent catching up with Rich Oliver. Having not seen him since the Summer we had a lot to talk about, particularly as he's been very busy since I was last up. To our surprise, it even snowed in the afternoon.

My wander up north has reminded me of everything that I use to do up there and how much I miss it and more importantly the people, but I'm sure it won't be long until I'm back again. In the meantime dear reader do keep an eye on Rich's latest project 'The Light of September'. It’s a brilliant audio series that he's just done (and it's free, so no excuse not to listen). http://www.radiostatic.co.uk/#!listen/ywgz8