Peoples Republic of South Devon

Inhale and Hold #4

July 13th, 2008

Message from Matthew Robinson from the Inhale and Hold dance tour, for July 10.

This entry might arrive a little late as internet access is a bit of an issue. I could probably find some but I’m really tired and would rather write this and then go to bed…

So today was the first day of performances. I got up where we’re staying and had a great breakfast, the full English (although no fried bread… who likes that stuff?!) and plenty of coffee. I’ve been missing my fresh coffee lately, I swear I drink it like water in London. Anyway, we left and headed to Brendon to pick up all the equipment and load it into the production van, which is driven by the Claire (the project manager who I met for the first time yesterday at a late-night planning meeting for today) and then we head straight for Lynmouth, at which point the rain started.

At Lynmouth we set up, and then the clouds came over and it gradually got worse and worse. So we headed back to Sarah’s house to prepare for the performance. Conditions just seemed to get worse, and we walked to the pre-performance holding place all suited and booted in the rain. We held off for a bit and the rain seemed to slightly clear so we just went for it, thinking the worse had passed. But as we ran towards the performance area another downpour started, which made the experience interesting, but I actually really enjoyed it, even though I was soaked.

We did some post-show stuff for the BBC then headed back to the house, where I got my soup out. All the costumes needed washing and drying, so they were ferried off somewhere for that while we went back to Lynton to have some lunch before heading to Ilfracombe.

On arrival in Ilfracombe we set up again and then got ready in a corridor by the toilets in the Landmark theatre. Classy. This performance was another interesting one for a few reasons. One was the surface, which was sand so balancing was a bit of a challenge, and two was the crowd, who I don’t think had much idea what was going on, but we got through it and I had a good laugh to myself afterwards, covered in sand walking through a coach party.

So it was a late finisher of a day, I got back about 7.30pm. Had some dinner, which I’ve got to say was pretty nasty, and now I’m going to bed. We’re on the road tomorrow, and staying somewhere else tomorrow night. Lets hope the weather holds out for us. See you at a performance. I’ll be in the blue cap.
- Matthew

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