Nov
08
SNCF. I’m sure there was a large part of my childhood, when I thought these letters were something you saw on ancient roman pennants. It took a while to recognise that these were in fact the letters that denoted French Railways, an organisation which seemed to me, in my youth, to be the most marvelous …
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Aug
03
“The tent’s sinking,” she whispered. “Really?” I replied, radiating cool professionalism under strain. “How inconvenient. I hope your dimmer packs aren’t anywhere near the hole in the ceiling.” “It’s okay,” the technician answered brightly. “I’m sure everything will trip before it explodes.” I shrugged and got back to what I was doing – running lighting …
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Dec
19
When I went to Oxford a few days ago, it was dark when I got up. It was dark when I got to the underground. It was dark when I got to Paddington. By the time the train was heading past Ealing Broadway, the sun was starting to come up, revealing a mildly snowed on …
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Nov
29
In recent weeks, I’ve been a bit quiet on the blogging front, and this has largely been down to working in Canterbury. A deadly combination of two factors – 1. Working quite hard and 2. Rare access to the internet (and then only in the theatre) has kinda kept me out of the blogging loop. …
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Nov
22
Bed! My own bed! My teddy bear! A regular internet connection… hello world! Library books, have to renew/return my library books a.s.a.p.. Oh god, clean socks! Emergency wash, here I come… Slippers! This is the last time I ever go travelling as a lighting designer in just a pair of steelies, my god, but the …
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Aug
22
‘Let’s not go to Venice!’ exclaimed the gentleman I was attempting to convince to go to Venice with me. ‘It’s been discovered. It’s a tourist trap. It’s a cliche. Let’s go to Madagascar.’ Alright, I thought, I’ll play willing… let’s have a look at the guide book to Madagascar… I’m all in favour of adventurous …
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Aug
15
My own bed! My own pillows! A hot shower! With an actual towel at the end of it! A hairwash! Not having to sleep in a jumper! (When, but when, did it suddenly get cold?) Forget this train-taking lighting-designer lifestyle, I want cake, and a dressing gown, and fluffy slippers please, and I want them …
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Aug
08
Alright, first thing to do is… … name that panoramic, tourist-cliche yet essentially stunning panoramic city viewpoint… This was not my first trip to Edinburgh. When I was a kid, my Dad had a meeting in Edinburgh and smuggled me into his suitcase, and on his day off we did the tourist things. We went …
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Aug
03
Well, isn’t this a.m.? Greetings, readers, from the 0800 train from Edinburgh Waverley-London Kings X. And the first question I think we should all ask is this – why, but why oh why, is platform 2 next to platform 19? Waverley is a brilliant station, bang smack in the heart of tourist-tastic Edinburgh, but I’m …
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Jul
31
What to say about Stratford Upon Avon? It’s a toy town. I mean, make no mistake, as toy towns go, it’s a very nice toy town. For a start, it’s the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company which is, as previously established, a Good Thing. It’s got some of the most excellent theatre going on …
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