It’s all kicking off in the Middle East… I’m planning on putting Lou on a plane to Mumbai via Dubai in a few days, and if it was today that would be cancelled. I don’t think anyone will be specifically targeting productions of Wicked, or anything really in Mumbai. But still it is enough to spark concern from those that love her.
She was in Dubai last week and it looks like there’s been some collateral there already. She had a massage in a hotel that is on fire as I write.
Kuwait airport has been hit? She’s supposed to be flying there before long…
There’s a lot of money in Dubai. With that comes power. With power comes the chance of mediation. But the last thing we need on this global stage is more full on fucking war in the middle east. And it looks like things have escalated pretty thoroughly over there. I’m getting the news live from Lou as I write.
I started off saying “ahh it’s just posturing” but actually she was sending me videos late at night walking home of buildings that are now evacuated. “The one thing about this town is it is so safe,” she was saying. The area she was walking in has been hit by missiles and drones from Iran. I tried to Google “Who shot first”. Too much noise to be certain but I get the feeling it’s gonna be Netanyahu, what with it being Ramadan right now, the holy month, I would be very surprised if it was the other way round. But if it has already spun out into so many countries I get the terrible feeling we are about to have a load more fuckery to join the epic world fuckery we have already been trying to ignore.
Interesting times, indeed. Far too fucking interesting if you ask me. My guess is that, with one of the rumours being that Khomeini is dead, it has been a successful targeted strike on him. He’s devout so likely more predictable at Ramadan. But if that happened then that is a scandalous almost impossible disrespect of a faith in their holy month. Whoever can push the Iranian buttons is likely pushing as many as they can. And I’m sure whoever provided the arms for the strike on Khom will tell us in caps before long that he’s STOPPED NUKES, and then ask for a peace prize. And maybe … they are extremely close to enriching uranium. This is a dangerous time to be alive. Easter gonna keep the MI6 very very busy as our next holy festival… Christmas too. I’m not sure I’m looking forward to the future much globally. Peace prize? Seriously?
A week is a long time and things change fast. For now best to just let it settle and we will inevitably have more clarity over time. I’m glad she’s back here tonight with me in Brighton at least. We went walkies in nature and I’m feeling pretty good about jetlaggery. Gotta do a show tomorrow and be all energetic and enriching and whatnot. Might as well have a bath and try not to go down a news hole.
The show must go on? Well, yes, that’s why Brian has been to Kyiv twice in the last year or so. But nobody wants to get blown up for a musical about witches.
I often think of my old contrarian dad though at times like this. His memory voice and my learned voice start to blend now, too much time has passed, some of it is dad, but much of it is me these days, and my memory of how he reacted to things. “Wait a week or so, and then you’ll be able to get really cheap holidays and flights to India. Everyone is going to be cancelling, they’ll be desperate for business”. He’s not wrong…
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