The Anticipation

I am at the point when I know in two weeks time I shall start work on a new project. A project I am very excited about. I have known now for a few weeks now and very much looking forward to starting.

The project is called ‘The Tube’ for Oily Cart. It is a kinetic adventure for people of learning difficulty’s and babies. It is an area of performance I am very much interested in and get excited about. I shall go on tour for just over a month visiting Newcastle, Manchester, Brighton and a two week stint in my home city of London. It is going to be very exciting and very much looking forward to it.

The thing is I am feeling anxious about it. I do with most projects I am about to start. It’s the point of having a rough idea what is involved and the start of being in a rehearsal room and meeting the people I shall spend a lot of time with from May till July and again from September for a couple of months. I imagine this project will challenge me in a good way  and be very fun along the way, working on something that will be very rewarding.

I have not previously toured that heavily or regularly and the part I worry most about is the being away from home and spending time alone with no interaction or home comforts that stop me getting bored. When working the mind is the job and making sure the company is represented well and the show is to the highest possible standard, it’s the downtime I worry about. Do any techies have advice about what they get up to and how to deal with it?

I think I shall blog a bit more about what I gain and learn from the tour as I go along. I plan to document as much of my goings on as possible and im considering filming parts of it to maybe edit into a small documentary piece. This idea is just something to keep my mind entertained in the evenings when work is over for the day.

Im very much looking forward to heading to Newcastle as it looks like a great city, Im not basing this on Geordie shore. People ive worked with before from Newcastle have always been a great laugh and nice people to work with so I hope that follows on with other people I meet from there.

Anticipation can be a odd feeling, it’s the complete limbo feeling. I am so eager to start now and go full swing into it and see were this new adventure takes me.

For more information on the show visit Oily Cart website.