mostly david ephgrave

Today’s show started well then veered a little off-course, mainly because I'd been flustered by a string of tech problems that happened minutes before kickoff that meant we had to go up late, so I had to cut things left, right and centre to finish on time; all while being aware I had press in. It didn’t help that the room’s tech manager was struck by the Curse of the Cancelled Train (something we’re very familiar with Down South) and didn’t arrive until after the show had started, which wouldn’t normally be an issue if the stage lights hadn’t lost power at precisely the same moment front of house decided to let the audience in without checking if we were ready; this meant I had to ask the people coming in to go back out again, knowing they’d just been told they could take their seats; classic Ephgrave. The final nail in the coffin was my own technician also arriving a little late, which didn’t allow time to fix any last-minute issues that come up, when come up they did. This ...