After the Pinter workshop, which was fascinating in itself, met F at 2. We did some work on his speeches before everyone else turned up at 4. Then we did the first full run. 2 was good, 1 iffy, 3 staggered as it reached the finishing line, and 4 needs more direction. The composer, Carlos, came to watch and am meeting him tomorrow. After the run we had a general company meeting with Karina and Claudia also present. Which got a bit heated at one point. But was fascinating to watch the the highly democratised way people like to work, everyone contributing to a debate about posters, publicity etc. With myself the least interested party perhaps. However, it all makes sense. Theatre is never going to provide a livelihood, so everyone’s involvement is conditioned by their desire to participate in the project, and this generates an enthusiasm for its overall success which is perhaps not always shared when the primary motivation is a financial remuneration (or even, to be fairer to the more developed world, the secondary or tertiary motivation.)
I feel a bit better although poor. The workshops I’m doing are all going towards paying my rent, a cost I’d kind of forgotten about, and the other planned workshops seem to have stalled, which means the cash I’d hoped to earn to cover my costs isn’t currently there, and I’m counting my pennies. Somewhat ironic when everyone assumes a European is automatically going to be wealthier than everyone else. Maybe of the world keeps changing it will become the norm one day… That and being ill and kind of wanting to move but not knowing anywhere to move to, and mosquitoes and being unable to consume beer was all conspiring to get to me a bit so even though this is par for the course on occasions when you’re away for so long, was good to spend some time with Ana and catch Clint’s particular take on masculinity and Western Values.
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