Taking a leak....

Ever have one of those days? Well I think I'm having one of those weeks....

A busy weekend prevented me from blogging after Thursdays rehearsal last week, which, with hindsight, was probably a good thing for reasons best left alone. Suffice it to say that it was a good rehearsal with lots of folk dropping scripts prior to Monday's deadline! Great stuff.

Monday was a different story. We had three revolutionaries absent. One of our flag bearers was late so we waited to start rehearsal for her to arrive, which she did at around 9pm. Some others of the cast were also late so it felt a little disjointed and I think there was a bad Monday cloud hanging over lots of us.

Peasant Girl did a most spectacular somersault (this is acting not gymnastics) landing on her knees and headbutting the door (it's okay, there's no damage to the door). When icing her knees she then revealed that she had been in a car accident that day and had come from the hospital (now that's commitment!!!)!!! I think she's okay now though although she'll probably stay away from the scary Evremonde for a while.

The second act gained a bit more momentum than the first, I think we'd all relaxed a little more into it by then. Luckily we have a 2 hour show so we managed to run straight through to the end, although we have a strict 8pm start on Thursday!

Last night, Director Guillotine and I were going to have a production meeting to go through the minutes of our last meeting and see what was outstanding, draw up a props list and sort out what the plan is for Sunday's set build. However, the best laid plans and all that....

I'd better give you some background information. We have a leak. Not bodily, but under our sink in the kitchen. And the washing machine keeps retaining water, so we have done no washing for about 5 days. Director Guillotine has been saying for a couple of weeks that he was going to call a plumber to come and have a look at it, instead of just mopping up the mess, so yesterday we have a date with the plumber. He comes and spends three hours at our house and goes away. Only for us to discover that we have a leak from a different place and the other leak is still leaking (no, I'm not joking). We decide that as we are running short of clothes, we need to do some washing so Director Guillotine puts the washing machine on and it finally gives up the ghost completely, covering the kitchen floor in water. Now, Director Guillotine has a habit of trying to hurt inanimate objects if they upset him and I am certain that he would have launched the washing machine up the garden had he been able to lift it (ask him about the "Strimmer" incident to elaborate on his launching things). So we now need a new washing machine.

Anyway we got the plan for Sunday finished and the props list which I now need to distribute to all and I updated the minutes whilst Director Guillotine was sloshing around in the kitchen. Let's hope the later half of this week improves....