Productions Double Trouble

Yohannes and Eshatu I had to get things moving on my own this morning, Binyam being delayed by a meeting at the university, where he does some work… though I

Last Tuesday had been a tough rehearsal, and I returned home in a state of mild despair.  Once again we were translating line by line, at a painful pace.  I

Monday was the first day of rehearsals proper. One week had been spent in me getting to know them (and them me); one week had been spent collectively translating the

However frustrated and depressed I might feel after a rehearsal – and I am frequently both – I am generally able to pick myself up and arrive at the next

One way and another, something of a frustrating day.  We made a later start, with a 6 pm time set for opening.  Officially, this was also our first night, but

It had finally arrived, the day of the performance, the reason I was here in Ethiopia.  It did not begin well.  I discovered that, for the third or fourth time