First rehearsal of "Hold"

Today was the first rehearsal of my (really quite short) play "Hold." If you're a regular reader, you may recall that this is the play that's getting performed as part of the Sydney Fringe; details on the actual performance dates and times can be found here.

I'd gotten to Sydney early (mainly to ensure I had time to get a special lunch: steamed pork buns, best I've ever had, from a little bakery in Chinatown — at only $1.20 each, they taste even better than they otherwise would), so I spent a couple hours walking around in the bright, relatively warm sun and peering into a couple of bookshops and getting progressively more apprehensive.

I needn't have, however. The actors are really excellent, the director is really excellent, my script is funny — and, what's more, even after they'd read through it a half-dozen times, everyone agreed that it was still funny! Apparently all of the eight short plays that will be performed as part of "Hi, How Can I Help You?" are funny, so you're in for quite an entertaining night, should you decide to go. And you should! You so should! Experts agree!