My monthly round-ups are coming later and later, to the extent that I worried whether I'll manage to keep it up until the end of the year. But November is the last busy month of the year, and once Voila Festival starts, my schedule should be looking a bit tidier.
Anyway, September. So tired was I after Camden Fringe that I didn't actually see any new shows until the 10th. And it was Rosemary's A Rose by Any Other Name, intensely sabotaged by the TfL strike.
As was out Kibo Autumn Season launch on 11 September. I still had a lot of fun though.
Melanie Branton's The Full English show went a bit better, and it was the first show where I saw signs of the audiences coming back after a dreadful summer.
Two more shows in our spaces at the weekend - I'm glad I managed to see To Mars, the first children show at Arches Lane, and The Bear & The Proposal as a one off script in hand at Barons Court (I think I marked this as the half-show).
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| Halima Rifi and Shilpa Varma in The Missing |
Last show of the month was the second week of Reboot, one in which I got to direct John Mabey's play, The Missing. It was an adventure, but it marked a few big personal achievements. Hence, my pick of the month.
Adding 9 shows to the total so far, which now stands at 97. by the time of writing I have surpassed 100 unique shows for the year, which means my brag was not an empty one. Then again, I do spend most of my time in a theatre or other.
