It's Begun!

Opening night has been and gone and I don't think we did too shabby. Once the audience warmed up (and had a couple of drinks at the interval) they began to get into the spirit of things more which is always encouraging when you're making a tit of yourself onstage. The show did not pass without incident though. I almost made it to the end when during an amorous moment onstage I lost balance and landed on my bum. It didn't hurt then but it hurt this morning when I got out of bed. Looking forward to seeing what cock-ups the next twelves shows will bring.

On a similar note. We had our final rehearsal on Monday which started out well but quickly descended into mishaps and chaos with broken props, wrong sound/lighting cues and fluffed lines, until we couldn't fight it any longer and played along with the silliest. One of the funniest nights in my life with a great bunch of people.

Now it's time to pack my back and make my way over to the theatre for Show #2. Allon-sy!

Michael

So lost right now. Everything has changed. Can't believe he's gone.

Lacking Energy To Expand

Back from Edinburgh
Out of hospital
Out of a job
Recovering
Jobhunting
Tired
Annoyed.

(but trying to be positive blah blah blah...)

Edinburgh

I'm off up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival tomorrow for two weeks. I shall be donning my stage manager's cap and hoping to God that I don't mess everthing up.

Not quite sure how I'm going to cope with not working for two weeks. Apart from the money, I need the routine to stay sane!

It's A Girl!

My niece, Eabha, was born at 12:12pm today and appears to be taking after me already. Not only does her mum think she looks like me but she also tried to "come out" face face like when when I was being born. A promising start so far! ;-)

Good News

I have a job at last! Nothing special but it pays. And I have a (tiny) part in a new play calld "Iff".

Go me!

Still Alive

I haven't died. I'm still here. The day after doing the marathon I was told that my job contract was ending. My last day was Monday 21st and I'm concerned/stressed/preoccupied with finding a job. I did think about updating the blog a lot earlier but couldn't bring myself to it. I just didn't have the energy to write about how things have changed. I still don't want to write too much write now but I realised that today is the last day of April so I thought I'd bring everyone up to speed.

Once I find some employment I will free up some space in my mind to write about recent events, especially completing the marathon.

Saint Patrick's Day

I've got less than 2 minutes to get this one out before it become March 18th.

Greeness, shamrocks, leprechauns, Guiness, greeness.... again!

Happy Final Minute of St. Patrick's Day.

Edit: Beannachtai na Feilie Phadraig - it means something in Irish!