I performed at Bantock House as part of the 'Night of Museums'. I was booked as there was a touring Punch and Judy exhibition on at the park at the same time (very interesting exhibition and very well put together with some fantastic puppets to look at). I had some really good press coverage in the Express and Star which included a video piece on their website. The show was also recommended in the Apples and Snakes regional email release 'Snake Basket' which was great.

The show itself seemed to go well. I fluffed a couple of lines but managed to carry on without making it obvious (I think). The best thing for me was that I managed to sort out a piece of the show which never seems to register with the audience; Punch faints into the driver's seat and it should become apparent that he is actually driving a stolen car but it never seems to. I've played around with a couple of things to try and make it register but I've finally got it and all it takes is to mime the holding of the steering wheel and slow it down a little.

I also experimented with taking a bribe from Punch in the shape of an oversized £50 note. This seemed to alter the voting which takes place at the end of the show, it was 98% in favour of Judy, usually it is a bit more even than that.

There were 52 people in attendance which I was really pleased with and the feedback seemed positive.

That means there are 1,672 people left to perform to. I did get two possible offers of other places to do the show one of which I need to chase up today.