Just watched an interesting documentary on playwright James Graham. It is perhaps the first time that I’ve watched or listened to a programme on a playwright and realised that I seem to approach a subject in much the same way as the interviewee (albeit Graham does it whole lot more successfully!). After the recent run of 'They’ll Get You Now You’re Gone' at TouchBase, I was asked by a member of the audience why I had not solely focused on the story of the two older women. The answer: I’ve always been interested in that point of intersection between two worlds. Neither side think their actions harmful nor disrespectful; just engaging in some greater good. One side is not necessarily better than the other, just different.

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Well tonight’s performance of They’ll Get You Now You’re Gone was absolutely the best. A full house and great performances.

I’m exhausted but it was worth it. For an hour I’m in the projection room cueing up the lights, the sound and the visuals. All around me are ‘cheat sheets’ telling me what to do at any particular moment in time. I’m not an expert at this so I try to keep my full attention on what needs cueing next. Thing is ...it’s hard to do when the actors are doing such a bloody great job!

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