I turned up at 11.30AM at Mablethorpe Promenade to help assemble a very larger than life suitcase for the following days first performance of Suitcases (the Bulgarian company having arrived a week before SEAS begins to provide a taster during the Bathing Beauties festival).Unfortunately a bit of a breakdown in communication meant that some vital pieces had not been brought and as these were literally the foundation on which the suitcase is constructed a couple of idle hours ensued as the van returned to the depot to retrieve them. They had warned us on the training day that things "may not go quite as planned." However some early glitches are only to be expected and we were able to use some of the time to move the set we did have into the right place for when the base parts arrived. The British electrician's face when shown the cables and adaptors the Bulgarians had brought over was a picture to behold but that problem was also surmounted.
Once the base had arrived we cracked on and although the two technicians who had come over with the show did not speak English we quickly got the idea of how it came together. We were also soon cursing the director for designing such a heavy set as it was all steel deck and wood. The day was warm though and before we knew it both the set and the tide were up.
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