February 2014 - The Diary

The KIDNAPPED tour continued into feb with excellent gigs at Croydon's Fairfield Halls and then to The Castle Theatre Wellingborough, Grantham Central and The Stamford Arts Centre. Ignoring the flooding rising all around us we moved to the lovely Theatre Royal Windsor, garnering more excellent reviews as we battle the elements and adapting elements of our show to fit the varying sizes of stages we encounter.

Next up was the Leeds Carriageworks before we performed at the magnificent, tiny, beautiful Georgian Theatre in Richmond. Britain's oldest working Georgian theatre, we were thrilled to creep the very boards that the likes of Edmund Kean had tread in the 1780s and ours was the perfect show to put on that wonderful stage, totally in keeping with our surroundings. See photo below!

More travel and off to The Hawthorne Theatre in Welling Garden City, followed by the Braintree Arts Centre and then a few days at the wonderful Guildford Yvonne Arnaud Theatre. The show was very well received and reviewed again and we have been delighted and charmed by the help and support of the staff of all of these venues so far.

Back on the road and our first visit to Wales and the art deco Monmouth Savoy. Tight space, raked stage but we adapted well and had a great show, then back to Kent and two nights at the Horsham Theatre completed our busy month. It has been great having so many shows and visiting so many towns and I am revelling in appearing in all of these wonderful and different styles of venue and we are receiving lovely reviews and audience feedback wherever we go. Delighted to be heading to Birmingham and Swansea before we return to Scotland in March!