Rehearsals ahoy!

May 9th. Pete Brooks' diary

Ive just got back from a couple of days in London dealing with College business. There's good news while I'm away, and not just that the Tories don't have an overall majority. A more immediate reason for celebration is that the event that was to take place in the Theatre of the Moon yesterday was cancelled. As a result work has continued without interruption through the weekend. Last night we rehearsed truck and set element moves up until the middle of the show. In general everything is working as expected. Steve is here and his presence is helpful both practically and psychologically. Today we will have a longer rehearsal and this will be the pattern as there is less and less building work to do.

Tomorrow we will mark up the space and prepare it for performances. At the moment it feels as if we are trying to rehearse in the scene dock. Today is sunny and we are all aware that in two weeks it will all be over, although in my own case I will be moving on to Athens to help the group there prepare for the opening at BIOS on May 27th