I opened up the Workshop at the usual time of 8:30am, and we were back down to a smaller team. It was Debs, Rose, Ellen and myself. I had to get back to the steelworks to pick up the iron which was now in perfect size pieces for the front of the stage. Once I came back it was about 10am and I started work cladding the boxes.
Unfortunately this is where it all went a bit sour, and along the way I had managed to pick up a stomach bug. I was suffering from hideous stomach cramps, and I thought if I rested a little bit in the warmth I would improve and be able to finish what I needed to do. Sadly they only got worse and at around 11:30am Debs strongly advised me to go home.
It is here that my work for A Soldier's Tale was cut short. I was devastated that I was too unwell to work, and extremely disappointed that I couldn't be there for the Get-In and that I couldn't lead the build inside the venue. I had left all my drawings with Rose, so she was able to follow those. I don't think a stomach bug is the best thing to be passing round actors and production team, so it was a wise decision to not attend the get in. Still very disappointed.
