My Favourite Theatre

Over the duration of the tour, we've played in a wide variety of theatres. Some were wonderful. Some made you want to cry. But I think the last theatre we performed at will likely be the best theatre of the entire tour. I kind of miss it already...

Firstly, the hotel was probably only 200m away. I know that doesn't have anything to do with the theatre itself, but the theatre we played at before this one was 6km away from the hotel. The bus stop for the theatre was perhaps 15 minutes away on foot. That mostly meant spending the entire day at the theatre and being completely dependent on others to get home at night. Not so great.

I could actually see the theatre from my hotel room window! Plus the rooms were huge, kettle equipped, and came with a bathtub. Nice!

Nice view, eh? The theatre is just down the street to the left.

But back to the theatre...

The inside of the theatre was beautiful. The colours, the construction, and especially the starry ceiling.

But true mark of greatness was the hospitality. You'd have thought we were famous! For the first time ever, I had my very own dressing room. We were each given a little rose bush and chocolates the night of the premiere.

 

In the artist lounge, there was a tea and coffee station, a selection of cold drinks (ce tea, coke, perrier, juice...), yoghurts, cheeses, a basket of mini chocolate bars, a selection of better quality chocolate, cake, dried fruit, fresh fruit, rice cakes, nuts, choquettes, and probably some other goodies that I'm forgetting.

We had two cocktails while we where there. Each time there was so much food! In Nevers, the cocktail was made up, I kid you not, of chips and candy. Here we had samosas, soup, cheese, bread, quiches served on trays by the staff, cured meats and an array of desserts. Plus, unlimited beverages!  Let me tell you, they knew how to throw a party...

Then there was the laundry... Unlike any other theatre we've ever been to, this theatre had a full time costume woman working there. And if you wanted to do any laundry, she wouldn't let you. This may seem bad at first, but when I say 'she wouldn't let you', what I mean is, she insisted on doing it herself. I only had my laundry done once because I felt like I was abusing something, but I can assure you that my cast mates were hardly as timid.

On top of all that, the city was really nice. Not too big, lots of pedestrian areas, and quite a lot to see. True, the public was a bit odd... they weren't terribly responsive during the show, but they were always pretty loud at the end. So it all worked out.

The next stop on tour brings us back to the North of France. Which reminds me... I have no idea how to get there. I might want to get on that seeing as I leave tomorrow.