Swanseaaaa

So firstly, I am sorry for my absense this week. Strangely, there is no internet connection in either the theatre or the guest house where I am staying. Having said that the theatre is absolutely lovely and all who work here are incredibly friendly and welcoming. In fact that seems just about true of everyone here in Swansea. Paul and myself only had to whisper that we were lost in town yesterday and within minutes we had all kinds of people telling us where Waterstones was. If only everyone was like that.

The stage is incredibly tall and thin and only just about fits all the set in. The amount of room in the wings is ridiculous really considering the amount of space that the audience actually see. We are also able to park the van INSIDE the building as there seems to be an extra big loading bay where our truck now sits comfortably in the warmth. Because the truck is so close to the stage then, it made the get in a joy and should knock a lot of time off the get out tomorrow.

Alastair, Paul, Siobhan and Mairead seem to have bagged the best digs ever but seem to paying next to nothing for it. They have a balcony over looking the marina AND a CD player in the kitchen.

Meg and I were very jealous when we visited last night for a couple of drinks and an episode or two of Summer Heights High. Paul and Siobhan also had a lovely friend from Guildhall spending the night with us- Brendan's 'terror wrist' moment was a highlight of my evening! Earlier on after the show, myself and Victoria enjoyed a lovely curry which we had to eat outside Mcdonalds at 11.30 amidst drunken students and cigarette butts. The curry house closed, you see. So we were cast out in the rain. It was strangely enjoyable, though. Chris has also joined us for a night and hosted a lovely understudy rehearsal for Zac and I today where we went through bits of the play which involve Michael (who I understudy) and Father Jack (who Zac understudies). We had a ball.

(A picture of Alastair happily enshrined in his luxury digs by the marina in Swansea)

So we finish in Swansea tomorrow and then after a Sunday in limbo (neither here nor there) we open in Peterborough on Monday. Let's hope the weather gets a little better. It tends to get us all down. x x