I decided to take a friend to see this who has only just started their foray into theatre and opted for this because I didn’t know much about it. It would be easy to skip over this because it has no ‘big’ stars mugging around on stage or was in a particularly raved about venue. To be honest I hadn’t been to this theatre either so it was an experience for the both of us.

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Again I can only apologise, I seem to be hop, skip and jumping months as they whizz by. I’ve been extremely busy with new projects popping up all over the place, lots of networking and an unhealthy bout of illness.

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Before I start rambling about other things I’ve only just discovered how to import my blog into Facebook so the chances of this actually being read is far greater. Not sure if that’s scary but hey, it’s only an opinion… right?

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Okay, I’ve been busy again. I’ve spent most of the time chained to my computer trying to arrange meetings and avoiding writing re-drafts but I’ve managed to find a quiet space to update the site a bit. There are many things up in the air at the moment but when that happens I’ll see about writing it on here. Till then I’ll write about something that I know is a dead cert…

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Okay, okay so if anyone actually reads this stuff then I can only apologise for being extremely tardy and not writing anything. For a whole month. Soon after I agreed with myself to start this thing I then went and got all busy and spent a lot of time in London actually seeing stuff and reading a lot of plays and then not following up the usual act of writing about them.

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Wednesday saw me waiting for an age for a correct tube that wasn’t on the District Line and saw me heave myself into a seat on the second row of the Barbican with one minute to spare. Bloody tubes, I feel like a proper Londoner know I’ve felt the wrath of public transport and vocalised it. Loudly.

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Yes, the day it snowed I went a spied on an estranged husband and wife, literally peering in over their dado rail. I’m of course jabbering about Leo Butler’s “Faces In The Crowd”. The set up of the stage in the Jerwood Space Upstairs is fantastic. We, the audience hover over the ceiling and peer into Dave’s plush looking flat complete with working plasma TV and food to create recipes that the Guardian have spouted. The brilliance about the set is everyone is watching what could happen next.

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Friday saw me mustering all the energy I could gather in my bones and spend the night being fuelled by epic guitar soundscapes and harsh electronica. Just the way I like it.

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I first saw “Lilly Through The Dark” up in Edinburgh the August gone and it truly astounded me. Being an emotionally retarded person (if I do cry or feel this thing they call love, it’s normally brought on by incredible wonderment and not another person) River People Theatre Company’s production made me cry in Bedlam Theatre in August this year. The auditorium was packed and collectively we all left sniffling and had the great excuse of the rain covering for our tears as we ventured back out. I had been so moved that I wished I had dragged someone along to see it with me rather than smiling fondly in the rain after.

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So today found me waking up late because I’m suffering from a virus which has made the right hand side of my body go weak… which ultimately means that when I wake up in the morning knowing that I’ve already told my job that I’m not going in: my body goes into complete shutdown. This resulted in wildly over-sleeping and being coaxed out of bed by a cup of tea which for once would not be made by my own hands.

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