Tuesday 14th

Slowly things come together. Ideally I would have liked to have done the play with three actors in the round and no more than 30 in the audience. But for all kinds of reasons, that has happened. So the design is being integrated, Omar’s touches and Claudia’s lights. Today people were wiring LED lamps and coming up with objects and I fear the play will not be as minimalist as I would wish, but that’s probably for the best as my tastes in theatre sometimes veer on the Spartan. Once again there was very little time with the actors – V arrived at 5.45, with the run starting at 6. Not even time to work through the thankfully limited entrances and exits properly. Still, we have two more runs before Friday, and today’s was a big improvement on yesterday’s. I still have no idea how an audience will react to such a wordy, static piece… But if there isn’t an element of risk, what’s the point?

As the technical team did their thing this afternoon, I popped out when I could to watch the Chelsea Liverpool match playing live in the café. Me and F gave each other regular updates on the score. It’s all v relaxed, rather too relaxed for my liking, but what shall be shall be. Talked to the actors after the run and they all seemed upbeat, willing the play over these final hurdles.

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