'Blindsided' and the Doctor

Another busy week working on 'Blindsided', on Wednesday we started out get in, which meant shifting all the set and putting it all in a lift, before getting it into the space (that was a challenge I can tell you dear reader). Anyway, the set was in and up within a day (there were a lot of us and it was a long day). Thursday however was spent reinforcing it, which, whilst it wasn't that much fun, taught me a lot about construction. Come Friday and Saturday and we were playing with lights and painting (the painting really was the fun bit).

After a rather knackering week I had Sunday off, so I decided to get up early and wander up north. Dad and Helen had been to see South African play Wales at rugby on Saturday in Cardiff, so I made the trip up north with them (after a rather good Premier Inn cooked breakfast). My reason for wandering north was the ' Working Class Movement Library'. This consisted of Maxine Peake, Julie Hesmondhalgh (who was in the original run of 'Blindsided'), Sheila Hancock and Christopher Eccleston reading various poems, extracts and articles about Salford from the library’s achieve. It made for a rather fascinating afternoon for both Dad and myself as I think we both learnt an awful lot about the area and its history. Not only that, but two of the for-mentioned cast have been in Who. Mr Eccleston being the most prominent of the two and afterwards he stayed for autographs, so it was a real joy to finally meet him (he's the last of the living Doctors that I hadn't met). He was such a down to earth man and charming, a real pleasure to meet him. Not only that, but as we left we managed to catch Sheila Hancock who was equally lovely and chatted about the afternoon and Who (another person who I didn't expect to meet). All in all a rather successful afternoon I'll think you'll agree dear reader. Before I knew it though, it was time to head back to Cardiff for another busy week on 'Blindsided'.