The Duke of Wellington, when asked about his recollections on the Battle of Waterloo, stated that he "must have put his cloak off and on again a hundred times"* because of the changeable weather. Sorry, Arthur, but that ain't nothing compared to what's going on in Edinburgh right now. The endless, and seemingly unpredictable, cycle of sunRAINsunRAINsunRAIN makes flyering on the mile an interesting experience, if only when choosing what to wear. Added to that the fact that our venue is a sweatbox of a crypt with sweaty actors, audiences and melting stage lights, means that by the end of the day, I'm a sweaty mess, but my hair looks cool. Small mercies.
I finally got to watch a couple of shows yesterday: Comedy O'Clock, a portmanteau show featuring four standups, including Nick Helm, who is a wonderful MC, and Catie Wilkins, who is so filthy in her set that in my mind she and I fell in love just a little. We also saw a guy called Donald Mack, whose show Adventures of an Orgasm Donor (or, according to the venue posters Orgasm Doner, which sounds like an exciting kebab), made me laugh so much that the poor guy had to interrupt his set until I had shut up. Highly recommended.
The final preview of our new show had a good, and loud, crowd and went very well, possibly due to the cheap cocktails we'd been drinking beforehand. I'm sure Willie will post pictures of these fine beverages in due time. Only lack of money forced us to curtail our cocktail consumption, which is probably a good thing, since by the time I got to bed I was so full of Red Bull that I couldn't sleep, though a combination of a kitten attacking my toes, the seagulls outside doing some sort of all-Hyena version of Macbeth, and Kitty snoring like the creaking of an old pirate barque may have had something to do with it. Thank god for the iPod, says I.
Since this blog seems to be rapidly descending into mutual cast insulting, I'd like to say that I love all my fellow cast members and their stupid faces. Only time will tell how long this will last...
* I may have got this quotation a little wrong, so don't bother flaming me.
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