Pressure

Isobars are rising and the temperature is soaring as our latest 'dress' finishes in sweat and headaches.

Oh yes. London in the high 20s in a sweaty room above a pub. It's glamour and glory, baby!

Mokita Productions is putting itself into The Lions Den. I have to admit that this company has a special place in my heart for reasons that I might go into later. Let's just say that this team of people have been together since February this year when we first completed the London run of Involution at The Pacific Playhouse. Edinburgh is so much a bigger and a huger stage. Pressure doesn't cover it.

With half a day left of 'official' rehearsal time we are juggling with the rewrites and fondling with the whisky glasses, all in the hope that that magical thing will happen and it will all come together.

Surely, someone must be to blame for all of this mayhem? Surely, there's fingers to pointed and noses to be poked! Oh yes, Rachel Welch! Nowhere to hide now, love. So you thought that you'd write a 2 hour play and it'd do a little run in London and that'd be the end of it. Well no! Not likely. How about you cut a third from your play and we take it to Edinburgh and you re-write it completely and work tirelessly to get it under the 90 minutes with room to spare!?

Ha!

If you've ever written anything, you'll understand that cutting a third off your baby isn't the most pleasant task and so much credit must be given to Rachel for what she has achieved...but Rachel, if you change my speech one more time or give me a slightly shorter version of saying the same thing...ONE MORE TIME....

This isn't TV love!