Globe is really starting to feel like a family thing now. Tink the aerialist / stilts is someone that both Ffion and I have been alongside forever. Now she’s becoming a friend. She’s a consummate pro in the crossover between circus and events, meeting Ffi and I as we cross from straight acting. The discussions and experiences we share about clients and rates are comforting in the extent to which we ellide.
The events team at The Globe are a hardworking bunch as well, and have come to know us it feels. The live staff have become part of our working circle. We show up, slot in, do it and go home. Next week it’ll be every day. Mostly around dayjobs as well. Tis the season.
It was something different today. The client wanted us but in Shakespearean costume. We provide our own and it is strong thanks to the clearance work. I lucked into some great Elizabethan stuff. “Where do you get your costume?” That’s from someone in the education department. I can tell you where a huge amount of costume lives that was made for early seasons of The Globe and then rescued from a skip by actors of my generation. The stuff we had tonight isn’t from that haul though – it is no less authentic but perhaps marginally more practical. My ruff needs washing though.
It isn’t long until Christmas but I’m very happy that this work has fallen out in this way. It turns out it works very well, the little team we have built over time, Ffi and I. We know the space, the game and the staff, and Tink is good company and plays alongside us.
I’m exhausted though. Got to turn in. Got no words left for today. Turns out three jobs is enough.
AlBarclay 