6 hours...

What do you do on a train for 6 hours? There's only so much news you can read without reading the same story over and over again, and a quick flick through Heat Magazine will take approx. 5 minutes. It's not looking good kids. Thankfully I'll have my Galaxy Tab with me (it's a poor man's ipad), so I'll probably spend the journey listening the the 99 most essential pieces of classical music (not all of them obviously) or catching up with Facebook. Sorted.

Why 6 hours? I'm off to Hull #silence...

The last time I was in Hull I was performing with Hijinx Theatre, many many years ago (I had hair back then). I seem to remember that Hull reminded me of Swansea, my home town. As my performing days are behind me (encore I hear you shout!), instead tonight I'll be voyeur and experiencing Slung Low's new offering Mapping the City.

The piece, in part, is written by Wales based writer Matthew David Scott. We follow the characters around the streets and inside various buildings in the city. The audience wear headphones, so we're able to hear what they're saying... it sound's like a bit of an adventure doesn't it? (must wrap up warm).

I've been following Slung Low for some time as they're a truly exciting young company, but I've never had the opportunity to see their work first hand. It just so happens that I ended up working with their producer Laura while on my secondment to Sadler's Wells... It's all very incestuous isn't it? So we'll have a bit of reunion too... I'll let you know how it went as I'd love to be able to create something similar - a Cardiff site specific piece of theatre - I really hope it goes well.

By the way, I know we haven't blogged for a while (naughty producers) but we do have a lot of exciting things coming up to tell you about so hopefully you won't be able to shut us up.

Toodle pip... x