sad 25 February 2008
Well, I am sad today as the Shrew tour is over. I think the show is very special and I will miss it and especially the brilliant cast. When you work well and so intensely with people you admire I think it’s impossible not to fall a little in love with them and the job and so it is and was with the troupe this time out. And the parting is a little like the end of a very wonderful affair, emotional and sad.
I don’t feel like this about the books when I finish them but that’s no surprise, I guess, because they are always going to be there for me whereas a theatre show is an intangible and cannot be replayed once it has reached the end of it’s run. Having said that, I do miss the characters from the Leo Street books, having written about them the most. Thanks to all of you who get in touch to ask whether there will be more of them and, as you all know, the answer is I hope so as I don’t think I am quite done with those fictional people and I am more than a little in love with the fabulous Andy Raynor. A gay friend of mine once posited the notion that Andy was based on him to which I had to say ‘that’s the man of my dreams and if anyone is going to out him it’ll be me, thank you very much.’
And now to unpack and return to real life. I will get a bit maudlin around 7pm when I would normally start getting into makeup and costume and have a laugh with the gang. It would be lovely to think we might revive the show and trot it about the world at some time. Indeed, if anyone out there has lotsa dosh to facilitate that, let me know and I will muster the troops.
