I’m sorry, no blog for two weeks and we’re at the run through stage already. Why I am sorry I don't know, as this must be one of the billions of unread blogs around the world.

But it has all been so smooth .Should this make us more worried? Of course there have been bad rehearsals; days when it doesn't work but I have thoroughly enjoyed the whole process. No major spats with cast members. Everybody seems excited by the play.  Some lovely performances.  And doubtless I am giving it the kiss of death by going on about how much fun it’s been

We are actually ready too soon although there will be more to do technically with this piece than previous plays and ‘crowd' members to put in when Health Force get back from tour.

In fact my main worry has been the amount of sweet drinks and gateau that the cast consume for breakfast! The nutrition centre has been putting on khumala bread and homemade non- sugar peanut butter which has stemmed the sweet drink flow a little.

What else has happened ? Oh yes Young Life  a band attached to our youth centre , have won an anti corruption  music  clip competition and are on their way to Nairobl to play which is a great boost for the youth centre. And Richard, an East 15 graduate with us for a year, has developed a fire dancing/breathing group who played their first wedding on Saturday . (Went well; they ended up teaching the groom how to breathe fire.) and they regularly entertain at the beach bar at Mele on a Friday night. The youth centre would appear to be a buzzy place right now.

Finally, I cant shake out of my head this image from the novel Shiloh by Shelby Foote  in which he describes a soldier in the battle of Shiloh being shot  as he comes over the top of a hill. He’s clearly dead but carries on running through  his own momentum down the hill before falling on  his face at the bottom.