Days 52, 53 & 54 Binghamton, New York (9,644 Total)

Well 3 days has zoomed by and my blog remains unwritten. Not since readers awaited Dickens' latest installment of "Great Expectations" has there been such anticipation. "What has kept you these 3 days" I hear you ask, "Surely life has been filled with amazing interest to keep you away from your Blog, tell all".

With 2 (almost) days off and a show day today we've remained in Binghamton and explored every delight it has to offer. A strange place, its a mix of faded industrial town and blossoming cultural hub. In between the closed shops, for sale signs and cold, cold snow there are nice cafes and bars with Jazz, good food and most importantly central heating.


After a restful day on Thursday our relaxation continued on Friday with the small matter of a local TV station requiring an interview at the end of the day, oh and could I be in Gruffalo outfit... nice. So we hopped down to the local station where they came up with the ingenious idea that the Gruffalo should hijack the interview with Alex and Karina. Always one happy to hijack a local TV broadcast I suited up and lay in wait. Alas we've not seen the footage but all seemed happy as a strange man in a hairy suit attacked both host and camera for all of ten seconds.


Not content with that for our days excitement, Anna and I went down to watch the local Ice Hockey team- Binghamton Senators. Now, its safe to say that all the teams I currently follow are pretty hopeless. All the England sporting teams, Newcastle United, even my short lived affinity for the Tampa Bay Rays ended in defeat. So the fact the Senators were hammered 3-0 and barely had a shot on target will not come as a huge surprise.


Today brought our first shows in a few days in the rather sweet and small Goodwill Theatre. The shows were great and it was real fun to do them in a small space again. The only slight downside was another rather batty producer. Despite a small auditorium of no more than 150 she seemed concerned at our choosing not to wear mics. Despite our assurances she seemed intent on giving us notes on how to speak to a "U.S" audience, despite the fact we 've done this show 50 odd times over here. Still always nice to have some feedback, especially from someone intent on calling the show The Groofalo, even after seeing it and hearing us say GrUffalo every few minutes. Ah well, everyone else was lovely and all is well.

Tomorrow we head for New Hampshire and then straight on to New York City on Monday. The weather is cold, the snow is deep and "Overboard" is on the telly.

Good stuff

Alan

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