Well, the Bad News post got a lot of readers. Unfortunately, I'm not done with that. The situation is actually worse than I've gone public with - it's just that I need to get my ducks in row before I go public with the other half of this business. Turns out petty amateur dramatics politics has more wider-reaching implications than you think.

However, I'm determined to report something positive first. So I have some extra performances of Doctor Coppelius coming up. I did my first one last Wednesday (a private preview for Durham University Ballet Company, through the same links that had me ending up doing the lighting for their show), and now I've got two more public ones coming up. Immediately before my Buxton Fringe performance on the 11th, I've got a pre-fringe run-though at The Old Church in Sacriston on Saturday 6th July at 7.30. This is free and unticketed (I don't have a capacity of 12 to worry about here), although I will be taking donations for my Buxton venue's chosen charity, The Samaritans.

The exciting news, though, is that I am performing in Edinburgh. No, not Edinburgh Fringe, because I am not insane. But I am going to Edinburgh Horror Festival. (This hasn't been officially announced yet, but neither have I been asked not to announce this.) This is going to be on the 2nd November at 4.00 p.m. in Banshee Labyrinth. I'm getting increasingly confident my WIP Buxton Fringe performance will off-script, but I'm setting Edinburgh Horror Festival as my target for first full performance.

Anyway, that's all the news I can share with you now - hope to have more confirmed soon. In the meantime, here's a picture from The Sleeping Beauty with my lighting state, with the fabulous Dandya Chen. (More here, here and here.)