BRIGHTON
We started in Brighton for the premiere, staying on the beachfront was a pleasant relief from our native landlocked London! We were there for almost a week making the final preparations before the tour started. The dome is a lovely big space to start the tour off and the premiere went smoothly, it was slightly nerve-racking as we had never performed the piece in front of large audience before, and you’re never quite sure how they will react (especially with 7734) but the feedback was all positive.
High points: Just doing the premiere to such a welcoming audience and kicking off the tour was my personal high point, I also found a really nice jacket in the lanes market.
Low Points: Realizing the jacket was £300 (should have seen my face, a mix between shock and disappointment). Unfortunately Esteban and I drew the short straw with the hotel rooms and ended up with child’s beds which meant a lot of waking up on the floor due to falling out!
Here’s a nice picture I took of our poster and the pier
OXFORD
Next stop Oxford! This was a particularly special performance for me as it is my hometown, performing to an audience who have known you since you were a child is much more terrifying that performing at Sadler’s Wells believe me!
High points: Just performing for the home crowd was special; we had a good show in a smaller venue, which would prove useful for the rest of the tour.
Low points: As we walked from the train station to the theatre Luke said to me “As long as we don’t end up at Nando’s for dinner”, inevitably it was the only place open and 11:00pm.
WINCHESTER
We arrived in Winchester for our first 2 show run of the tour, after quite a difficult que-2-que (in which we go through the piece troubleshooting space, lights, sound) I was a little apprehensive about the show, yet we did one of the best shows we have ever had, just what they always say. Bad tech, good run.
High Points: Very good shows, doing 2 in a row isn’t so bad after all! Hotel was nice although had their calendars a bit confused as it had a Christmas tree in October?!
Low points: I accidently hit my head quite hard in the 2nd show, which ended up gave me a headache for a few days. Kudos to our stage manager Ally for shining a light in my eyes and asking me where I was, I answered correctly before giving him my pin number accidently…it was a hard hit.
NEWPORT
We’re flying now, well in the rhythm of the tour. Newport has a lovely theatre and it suited the piece perfectly. Strangely the city (as lively and colourful as it is) had a lack of restaurants to eat in which lead to us eating in the same Indian 2 nights in a row, either that or we enjoyed the Tom Jones paraphernalia and soundtrack, typical of an Indian restaurant.
High points: Theatre was like something out of startrek (very modern), the Bombay bicycle club restaurant, if you’re in Newport for some reason, check it out!
Low point: Lost my phone charger
LINCOLN
Lovely little city. The space was strange, very wide but shallow, but also because the front row of the audience was incredibly close to us. Some of us thought it was nice to really look into the eyes of the audience and connect with them, I felt a bit sorry for them as they must have been sprayed with sweat a number of times!
High points: Good show, stayed in a very nice motel called Damonds, which was linked to an American style diner, this of course meant the classic American pancakes for breakfast. Amazing.
Low Points: Cant think of any?!
So that’s you up to date, the company have many photos and videos we would like to share and hopefully it should all be sorted soon through a tumblr account.
The tour so far is going very well, we’re almost halfway, enjoying it a lot. Getting very good feedback from the audiences and hope to see you soon if you’re coming to see it.
Next stop, Truro.
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