'Driving around in an automobile...'

It has officially been seven weeks since I started rehearsals for S.I.T.S. And so far it has been eventful. Although officially only five weeks of performances ,but we have already covered 18 venues, 3 countries and a total of 99 hours in a van. That is a lot of traveling while being cooped up into a space 1.5 meters x 1.5 meters. 

In short this week off is mostly spent releasing any trapped frustration. Mostly by baking, walking in the opposite direction, knitting the odd stitch, smashing the odd plate and making lemonade.

Overall the shows are going well, I suppose. Except when you've driven 8 hours to west Scotland, done a get in, performed a show, done the get out, then spent the next 9 hours traveling to south Wales to find yourself up a hill, in the middle of nowhere, out of petrol. Stopping for the night in a service station Travel Lodge, driven another hour to the venue, done a get in to be told you have an audience of 4!!

And breathe.

The only solice I found in these troubled times were the knowing the weekend was being spent in my home town with family and friends. And the knowledge that the four performances in Harrogate actually had an audience. 

"It's harder getting a ticket for 'Sword in the Stone', than it is to see David Tennant".

Needless to say the two days after the welsh debacle were spent with humans and alcohol. Although I've realised one small problem with this tour.... 

I REALLY DON'T LIKE CHILDREN.

But I have to admit that it's rather fun playing an autistic 12 year old.