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This is a blog about my play going into production and now that is actually happening I have stopped posting. I cannot seem to get a clear head or hold a thought. Perhaps I will have completely lost the ability to function by mid week and will have to be wheeled into the theatre in an iron lung contraption.
It’s happening. On Thursday. After smugly announcing a complete lack of nerves I have now officially got THE FEAR.

I am doing creative writing workshops all week so have to fit my panicking around these rather full days. I am not going into tech week at Hexham. I am going to work, coming home, planning the next full day and panicking.

I am panicked about the actors knowing their lines.

I am panicked by the notion of willful ad-lib.

I am panicked about Hexham ticket sales.

I am panicked that the interval of the play may well see me denouced as a fraud and frogmarched out of the theatre by pitchfork waving locals.

I am panicked about audience reaction.

I am panicked about reviews.

I am panicked that I have been laboring under a delusion for four years and NINE rewrites.

If things carry on this way I am going to have to bulk buy some Tena Lady by Thursday.

I will see some of you on opening night on Thursday. Thank you.

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