My body clock is still seriously out of sync and I am spending my days in a bit of a blur of lethargy and confusion. I seem to remember the same sense of disorientation and depression from last year.
Similarly I am slightly worried about whether my show is going to get an audience. I am certainly getting more people in than last year, but the theatre is about four times bigger and I dont know how many people are paying for their tickets. It is too early to worry about it too much and I am hopeful that word of mouth will get round, but there are over 200 shows on in this festival and unlike Edinburgh they are all on in the evening, so there is a lot of competition. And of course no-one really knows who I am out here (not that that many do in the UK either to be honest), though I was informed yesterday that a church venue who usually give a room for a festival performance have withdrawn that privilege this year, specifically because the Festival had booked my Christ on a Bike show in 2002. So its good to see that the show had some kind of effect on Melbourne, even if it wasnt to actually get people off their arses and into the venue. In fact by making such a stand the church in question has probably made more people aware of the show than actually came to it. But its good to make a stand. I know Jesus would have approved of their action. Its not like he thought it was important to turn the other cheek or anything.
Surely as Christians they should not only have allowed the venue to be used, they should have given another room as a venue as well. As Jesus said, If someone nicks your coat, fuck it, give them your trousers as well. Thatll show them. Look it up, its in there. Ian 14:2, I think.
I just hope that the genito-urinary department of the local hospital wont take similar action after this years show.
