just so, weird, amazing, challenging and life-changing. My life will never be the same after this.  Two weeks ago, I had no way of knowing how this would feel.  Would they hate us?  Could it be as good as I had ever dared imagine or would the demons swoop in,  suck up all my hopes and then laugh as they did so?

We are now 9 performances in and that seems insane to me.  One thing I’m learning is the power of the audience  When they are with you, you are invincible; when they’re quiet, you’re guessing and vulnerable – are they enjoying it?  Why didn’t they laugh?  What I’m also learning though is that the onstage experience is not necessarily the same as the audience one.  They might be quiet, but they are still following us and enjoying.  We’ve had some of our best audience reviews from “quiet” nights.

Tonight the Scotsman was in.  That scares me.  Wish it had been Saturday when we sold out and the performance was charged. That’s yet another thing I’ve learned…you don’t control this stuff.  They don’t ask permission to be there.  They can turn up on a Monday and you need to deliver the same performance as when the audience is zinging.

Hopefully tomorrow will bring good reviews and if not, I guess the learning will continue!