So here I am on board with "Footloose, the Musical" - the fifth tour here in the UK of the show developed (initially in the States) from the 1984 film, "Footloose". The film of course has many fans, but the theatre show has a life and a vibrancy all of its own: an amazing, feel-good, energising evening with a big heart, complete with numbers written specially for the show, to complement the fabulous old favourites: "Let's Hear It For The Boy", "I Need a Hero" and the title track.
And here we are on week four of the "Footloose" Tour. Venue: Edinburgh. All of us have been looking forward to getting here, and with the show in great shape and the audiences pouring in and having a blast, we can relax and enjoy this beautiful city while we are here for the week. So where do we stay when on tour? Maybe I need to set the record straight about this... Everyone in the company is responsible for finding their own accommodation and for organising their travel too, and with a six-month tour like this that involves a fair bit of work! In fact some might say that organising the digs and travel for each week is the most stressful part of the job! - stick us in the theatre in front of two thousand people and we'll just do our thing, but finding suitable accommodation, within easy reach of the theatre, which is affordable and clean and relaxing, well....not always so easy! Here in Edinburgh though, I have fallen on my feet, back with a landlady I stayed with on a previous tour, in a gorgeous part of town near the aptly named Comely Bank Road: most 'comely' and clean and comfortable too. There have been less comfortable digs... but more of that anon!Out tonight after the show for our first big company get-together - ten-pin bowling!
