Burning Set

The (now traditional) set burning ceremony has taken place. Just two hours until our first performance.

Hot

It's hot. Very hot. We are gathering at the tent, for a full day of work.

Outer Field

Early Friday morning, after an almighty downpour the tent appears. Glory. A splendid affair.

Drama

Much drama at this afternoon's rehearsal, and not all of it on the stage.
Exit pursued by a bear.

Building The Venue

For reasons too many to explain, we were called upon to help with erecting the tent last evening. This is a first for The New Factory i.e. building a venue to perform in.

Thursday

It's Thursday in most parts of the world and we are one day away from our first performance. Spirits are running high, we have all but settled on our staging, and our Czech friends have pitched in with their own eccentricities. The tent is being raised today. We only await an audience.

Wales

It's commercially driven and all pretty naff but I've been intrigued by the concept of town twinning since i was small. Over dependancy on local newspapers for information and gullibility as a child.
How many twins is each town allowed?Do they have to be balanced, size wise in some way? Why doesn't everybody choose New York? Has London got a twin town? Has the Internet and multinational companies changed the whole scope of the thing? Is it just for school trips, heads of departments and Rotary Club jollies?
Llanwrtyd Wells seems the obvious winner in this list (though Miami Beach is a sneaky choice). Not because of the continual rain and verdant hills, but that getting here we had to get off the train, travel a mile or so on an executive coach, then get on an identical train for the last leg of the journey.