Bournemouth

So its the evening before the show and we arrive at the travelodge in Bournemouth. Much to everyones suprise and enjoyment the travellodge had a bar! we had a swift pint before bed and paul met a random bloke who insisted on talking to all of us about the 'wonderful game of poker' all night.

early morning on show day and we start the get in, which went reasonably well, though a little slow. the projector needed a replacement lamp, and it took a while for use to get used to working with the new, lower and extended stage. As we neared completion tim started to look a little uneasy as the projector wasnt quite working properly from where it was positioned on the truss. A quick discussion and we needed to place the projector on a drop bar suspended from the truss. unfortunately the entire set was up and we couldnt lower the truss, so craig and myself ended up on ladders about 9m up from the orchestra pit, attatching safety cables to the projector. after much fuss and vertigo induced leg wobbling we lowered the projector on ropes and fastened it to the drop bar. Just as we were tidying our ladders away the doors opened and the public started to come in!. phew.

The show went well, it was my first time operating the lighting, and the cast seemed to get on ok with the lower stage and larger step blocks.

Get out was similar, ok but slow, unfortunately the pro crew arrived an hour late which slowed us down a bit. We were finished about 2 and then we made the long drive back to bristol, finally getting some much needed sleep at about 5am.







All in all, another action packed day.

Ed