TODAY IS OUR LAST SHOW!!! This news comes tinged with both sadness and relief. Sadness because it is always lovely to watch this cast perform and see audiences respond to our work AND we’ve met some great people here but relief because I get to go home and see my family. On telling other performers that we leave today there is a hint of jealousy in their tone…or is that my imagination?? So, come a little closer…. I’ll let you into a secret – my fringe experience has been both

OH MY GOD….I’M FREAKING OUT… I can’t breathe, blurred vision, heart rate soaring, tingling, pins and needles, head is racing.. OH MY GOD. I haven’t seen a show for over 40 minutes and I’m in full detox. I need it, I need the tiny venue, the LED lights, the new and unexpected theatrical experience – will it be an ensemble where they cleverly mix music with new age poetry?? Or maybe a duologue between two organisms not yet discovered by the human species?? Or funny…is it GOING

Ok, my feet hurt. Don’t get me wrong I’m not complaining. The fact that I forgot most important things today and so by the time I reached our flyering post this morning I had completed my step count FOR THE DAY is good. IT’S ALL GOOD. But they hurt, not in a specific way, blister style but just in a kind of mutinous way like my feet are crying out to me. STOP. STOP NOW. But I can’t because I’m at the Fringe which means I must leave one show at 3.55pm and arrive at another fo

OH MY GAWD!! Ah, the sweet smell of success. No sooner had I uttered the phrase ‘where are the hoards of shiny people wanting to see our play’ than the HOARDS ARRIVED!!!! So, over the course of 24 hours we have been through the levels of tension in Fringe life… Stage 1 - panic - Will anyone come? Stage 2 - relief – we have more than one person sitting in our audience! Stage 3 – insecurity – what did they think – will they say nice things??? Stage 4 – panic again – DOES ANY OF

OK, we’ve cracked it. The get in and get out are running like a gazelle at feeding time and the show is sublime, beautiful times. BUT STILL – where are the hoards of shiny new audience members begging to see our play?? Curious… Ok, so we haven’t ‘cracked the fringe’, not yet but that’s no surprise!! What we have discovered is a number of useful and interesting tips when bringing a show to Fringe; Firstly, you can put all dreams aside of looking vaguely together or nice throug

Well bugger me. Day one preview over and so far, we are feeling the #edfringe stress effect full on. Between our show running over by a full 10 minutes AND our set having to be negotiated into a space resembling a complicated Tetris set up, yesterday was a bit of a crazy wake up call to all the obstacles Fringe can throw at you but FEAR NOT! We returned, we consumed a variety of cakes and alcohol, we chopped the script (once again) and rehearsed, discussed different exciting