The best things come to those who wait

Touring is an interesting experience. On this tour we generally rock up to a venue and have a couple of hours to get the show up and running. Sometimes its a tight schedule. We also have to find places to wash costume, make repairs, grab some food and then pack it all up and mosey on out of town by sunset. So we were all a bit giddy at the prospect of 6 weeks at Minneapolis Children's Theater. We walked through stage door yesterday to be met with a fully assembled set, lights all rigged and focused (as well as 50 extra lighting queues!), costumes fully laundered and repaired, tea, coffee, doughnuts, nice dressing rooms... the list goes on. This place is brilliant, every department is on hand to help make things easier. We even had time for a dress run to make sure we could all remember the show. The show itself was a stormer, a relatively full house with that ideal mix of willing adults and wide eyed children meaning that we had a great time, and if yesterday is anything to go by, this 6 weeks will be brilliant. We finished the day off with a meal in a German Restaurant and a few biers, all very good.



As for the temperature, well that has plummeted to below -20c. We've been warned that if we walk anywhere we must have every inch of skin covered. The strange thing is, it doesn't feel that cold. When the wind drops its very pleasant, but as you breathe in your breath catches slightly. If we were to just walk around without covering our mouths apparently we'd inhale all sorts of tiny ice fragments that would not be very pleasant. Its certainly a culture shock, preparing to go anywhere takes a good 10 minutes. Alex is still recovering from seeing me in my thermals in the dressing room. So its cold, but very beautiful and strangely pleasant.



I'll leave you with a snap of our apartment




Be good

Alan