Half term has crept up with alarming speed. January seems to have happened without my really noticing and taa-daa, suddenly it's nearly the middle of February.
The One Act Festival is a kind of starting post for the YT show season. From here to the middle of July, we're in constant preparation mode as one show after another reaches the top of the heap. In my case, it's Antigone first (12-13) March, followed a month later by Malfi. Then I get a six week lull before Faustus crashes in. In between those there are three other shows for which I have no direct responsibility other than being part of the YT team. Which is, believe me, quite enough.
In the meantime, I'm honing my own acting muscles in Twelfth Night immediately after Antigone. I've also somewhat foolishly agreed to stage manage Oklahoma! for the local operatic society. Yay for good decision making.
Somewhere along the way, I also need to concoct a play for the Bowes Drama Club.
Oh - and I'm starting a long-awaited PTTLS course in ten days. To make me eligble to teach adults. Assuming that it doesn't get cancelled again. Since I've been trying to do this blasted course since September, this is rapidly turning into a joke. But I will keep trying.
Now, all this is either fun or paid or both so I'm not at all complaining, but it does mean I need to spend this non-teaching half term week with some care.
Where does the gaming fit into all this? Where and when it can is the answer. The PbPs will roll along quite happily as bar making maps they are not a huge time sump. Those that have seen my completely inept mapping skills might well think not a lot of time gets given there either.
The real heartbreaker is Mikelmerck, which hasn't had anything like the attention it deserves for ages. I'm missing it badly now, particularly as parts of the taster 4e adventure have been set there. If I can find any time at all, I really want to write a starter adventure for it. Hmm. Maybe run a Google+ playtest?
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