Boxing Day, NC/VA

'Boxing Day' breakfast
with birthday fuss
for Pete on his 60th!

I should watch what I say however:
Telling Beth that YPs can be eaten with custard or even jam meant that she believed this to be a British tradition. I obliged her whim anyhow. With Jam & coffee.
Job done.

I had intended on being back in RVA for 4pm in readiness for our 7pm performance. 

American Public Transport, hey? ... Whilst Ginny played out in the snow, on the trails,

The bus arrived late. We waited in line. The bus filled up. The bus departed.
We were still waiting in line. "The next bus will be here within an hour."

Two & half hours later, I finally departed Raleigh at 3pm. Thanks Slothhound. 

I made it to the theatre by 6.40pm. Whilst I was away, Rosie (Follow Spot) came down from above to dress in my place. I'd spent two days prior to my leave, having her shadow me & then watching her run it.

    A quick change should be considered as a well-choreographed piece of art in its own right. Everything has to happen smoothly, perfectly enacted in the exact same order to i) keep the actor calm as possible & ii) to ensure they make their re-entrance on time. We'd got these QCs honed to perfection over the run. A little nerve-wracking then for both me & my cast to see them up-ended & have someone learn them from scratch.

    Rosie was meant to substitute both myself & Lauren respectively during our consecutive time off. Then the powers-that-be realised that learning two different tracks, one SL & one SR, would probably make explode her head. 

   Consequently with little to no preparation, on my return I became "Lauren". Interesting times for me to be now learning an entirely new track & a whole new set of Quick Changes mid-run. Thankfully the ensemble pitched in to direct me & the principals also tolerated the disruption whilst I tried to keep their choreography as good as the same.

It was very good to be back up to full crew & re-set to Normal for our last show of 2012.
My SL cast were delighted to have me partnered with them again. I was delighted to be there!