14 days to go

Excellent day, with visit by Phil Gibby and Laura Dyer from Arts Council and discussion about Dance South West’s wider developmental role as well as the new space. Wonderful to have the support of the Borough’s Chief Executive in meeting them and championing the project. It’s the local authority support that has made all the difference to the development.
It was good for Phil and Laura to be able to meet all the staff from both Exeter and Bournemouth office over a sandwich lunch. We were tripping up on over 3,500 very small children and their parents in the foyer who’d come for two performances of the Gruffalo, but good to see the venue alive and full of chattering enthusiasts.
Meeting with architect, Andrew Lockwood, this afternoon and interesting discussion about the creative process and problem solving with architectural development, much like choreography in terms of being about spatial relationships, mathematics and problem solving and the bridging the gap between ambition and realisation. How much do we compromise, how far do we need to keep pushing the vision forward, and does being satisfied act as a barrier to the creative process?
Off to Exeter tonight for meetings tomorrow. Then back in Bournemouth Friday. We move into the new office next week so at the moment it’s like moving house – lots of packing cases everywhere and ‘where’s the kettle?’
Just realised that the countdown doesn’t work because there’s a Bank Holiday in between. Several of us will be working that day, I fear. A regular reader of this blog pointed out that no-one has any idea of who ‘I’ and ‘we’ are. That is – who is the author. But I’m not going to reveal my identity until 3 September – day zero.
PS Further stress beaters are a glass of milk in the small hours and emergency chocolate in the bag. Many more sleepless nights ahead I fear.

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