It's looking very good. We did acts two and three on Tuesday. Which astonishingly took the best part of two hours by the time people had fankled and remembered (sort of) their (conga) entrances and exits correctly.

It continues to amaze me how the simplest things can confound smart and intelligent people.

Despite having one cast member on the residue of crutches, one absent for work purposes and one absent for sickness purposes, it appeared nonetheless that we have more than the shell of a show.

Costume girls were in attendance. (Thank you, Charlie and Amy.) Lovely Debbie was prompting. The attendant cast mostly acted their socks off. And even indulged me in the much dreaded Exercise by way of a warm up.

I was so happy with it that I rashly dedicated tonight's rehearsal to principals (does anyone even say that anymore?) with big long speeches. So a lot of pouring over will happen tonight.

I must remember to seek out these short / compact / succinct plays more often.