Back in the Saddle

I just remembered that there was something that I had to blog about and completely forgot about it.

A few weeks ago (8 if truth were told) I moved job. This has been a little painful from the family perspective (as the family are all at home and I live away during the week – after all, I’m the one in the Navy, not my kids) but things are settling down well. Professionally, this job is amazing! Sure the hours are rather long, but you get the real sense of achieving something on a daily basis.

The joy for me is that I have worked here before. And as you might have guessed, I used to be involved in the theatre club that runs on the site. Indeed, this club has produced a couple of my plays (Prime Directive and Mark of a Gentleman).

On returning to the site, I was contacted by one of the club stalwarts and asked if I would consider taking on the role of Chairman seeing as I have been promoted. As I have mentioned I have known this club for years and I leapt at the chance for many reasons: They have a great pool of actors, the tech guys are stunning, the theatre is so well equipped (it has its own bar that runs during rehearsals) and they have a stunning annual budget.

So here I am as Chairman of my own club. I’m in the middle of choosing the panto to produce this year (and yes, I’ll be the director). More on that in another blog, as I forgot how difficult it is to choose from the wealth of scripts out there. And it also looks like a JaysPlays will be produced Spring next year. Although that sounds somewhat nepotistic, it isn’t really. There is a formal reading committee to select scripts after a couple of very poor choices ended up being produced, and I have placed in the constitution that should a JaysPlay be proffered, I cannot have any voting power in the selection of that script. Plus it wasn’t me that suggested it, but the director that put on Prime Directive.

So, there we have it. As you can see, I’m actively back with theatre, not only writing, but selecting others’ scripts, planning and directing (soon). More to follow on all topics.