Research!!!

One way of making a show is to train hard and do lots of impro and do serious planning and budgeting sessions. Another is to write some ideas and then go to the bakery to eat end-of-the-day quiche and talk.

The route to the bakery is through a building site and the gate is usually wide open. Not today. Today we looked at the locked gate and were about to turn and walk the long way round when Luke said, ‘Research!’ and scaled the brick wall. Christy climbed the tree and I climbed the cyclone wire and we all dropped down the other side onto Alex Parade. Grinned at each other.

Luke wants to be the super-paper-boy, ride a minibike and juggle newspapers. Christy wants to be the one who yells ‘catch me’ and jumps and we always catch her. I want to be strong and for people to say, ‘Wow! she’s so strong…’

We all love the newspaper play idea so when they kicked us out of the bakery we went back to Westside and juggled clubs. Memory of Sacha throwing them at me again and again. (thanks Sacha!) There’s something very satisfying about the rhythm of a ‘pass, two three four’ and the clubs hitting your hand and your friend smiling at you and giggling as they all hit the ground in one rolling mess and then picking them up and trying again.

Came home where Jono has an Age subscription that sometimes doesn’t get unwrapped. Dropped rolled up newspapers in the kitchen for a while and Jono giggled into his toothbrush. (maybe we could get sponsorship from the Age…)