Come to Barons Court

March was the richest month yet in terms of shows, I have 10 lines and 3 half lines in my calendar, although those half lines have strong stories to tell too.

1 March was the third out of 5 House of Burlesque Speakeasy at The Hippodrome, and although it was a dream come true working in a place that has seen perform the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Liza Minelli, The Rat Pack or Harry Houdini, amongst others, I must say I struggled with the technical side of our 5 performances there and I'm not entirely happy with my work. We've also had the show in Neon 194 Piccadilly and Jack Solomon's this month, and I am excited about 194 Piccadilly becoming a long term home for the show, it's a great place. However, I'm not counting any of them 5 shows towards shows seen this month.

Apart from Speakeasy, my first was Down the Road at Playhouse East, Flick's treat. It fills my heart with joy to see Flick doing so well in her tech career, and she fully deserves the work coming her way. I also feel jealous and concerned about how hard it is to find people so good. Oh well, let's see what teh future holds.

Sunday 9 March Taichi finally had his Nightcap Quartet gig. More of a concert than a teatrical show, it was in a theatre, so I'll count it.

If I were to pick a favourite...

Second week of March was a bit insane with Hatch & Scratch at Riverside, The Silent Escape at Shaw, Paradise under the Stars at The Lost Estate and the Persever Scratch Night at Barons Court on Sunday. Add the dress rehearsal of Ragged Claws, and that's 5 shows in 7 days, plus a Speakeasy. We oversold Ragged Claws every night, so I didn't quite managed to see an actual performance of it, thought something tells me it will be back. Namely, the sold out 6 performances run.

Week 3 started with The Offie Awards at the Central Methodist Hall. Again, more award ceremony and less of a show, but hey, I've been in the same room with Robert Powell! So I'll count it. I then teched the three performances of I'm a Philosopher, Get me Out of Here at Riverside, and managed to see the Limitless showcase at Brixton Playhouse in-between. 

And last week, and last week of March, I saw Fool's Gold twice, The Bald Soprano at the RCI and Tall Tales & Cocktails. I then closed the month with Everleigh's reading of Null at the Norwegian Embassy, with Gine Cornelia Pedersen in the audience and involved in the Q&A.

I highlighted 14 and I'll go with 14, so let's say 25 for the year. Which is a quarter of 100 in a quarter of a year. Bang on when I say at least 100 shows, at least 200 performances.