Now what strength I have's my own ...

Well, that was surprisingly fun. I've now run lighting for three nights of The Tempest; the first was a complete shambles from all sides, the second had an annoying problem with the house lights not going down which spoiled suspense for the storm scene, and the third ran pretty much flawlessly from cue 2 (house lights down, actors enter) to cue 66 (house lights up after curtain-call).

The audiences have been getting progressively more involved - Monday was about 30 people and pretty dead, but Tuesday and Wednesday were both quite lively. Were I not leaving the country tomorrow morning early, with nowt but the rucksack on my back, I'd happily run lighting for the rest of the run; when it works, and you hear the audience talking afterwards about how much they enjoyed the show, it's magic to make up for the twenty-minute cycle in the rain each way to the theatre, and hours spent atop ricketty ladders.

I'm really happy how many of my friends want to come and warm my house. I'll have to cook a turkey or similar, and tidy my floor such that all corners of it can be occupied by sleeping-bags ...

Back Tuesday, with 300 pictures of Prague unless my camera breaks.