Hello! Here we are in Oldham lapping up the lovely audiences and generally having a ball. For us technical ones, the get in went smoothly (on the whole) as we had a team of about fifty helping us get it all up. We actually had people standing around waiting to be given a job which is always a good sign. Once the floor is all down, Zac will begin fiddling with the lights while I normally put on a wash (all the costumes that need cleaning before the evening show) and Meg begins sorting the sound and all that comes with it. For me, this had to be the most enjoyable washing experience- the tumble dryer here is immense and after literally 10 minutes all was crisp and dry and by lunch time I had practically finished all the ironing. It really was a joyous day- I wish you could have been here.
Again, Meg, Mairead, Siobhan, Alastair and myself find ourselves sharing the same appartment- it is lovely and situated in the middle of Manchester. So much is going on, there is so much to do. If only we had the time to do it. Last night before heading home we all grabbed a curry at the takeaway across the road. Initially, we weren't all that inspired by the outside of it but on meeting the owner and tasting the food we quickly realised that it was, without doubt, the best curry house in the world. Even Alastair agreed.
Oldham is an alright town with plenty of shops and places to eat. The theatre is amazing and it looks like we will be playing to a lot of people this week. The audiences thus far have been very kind and they seem to love the humour of the play.
After Peterborough, it really is nice to have this.
I will write to you again soon with more news from the Lughnasa camp. To those of you who have loved ones involved with the tour- all are well and good. Speak soon x
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