A Year in Numbers

So, it’s the end of the year. Apparently what you have to do is summarise everything with a load of numbers. So here goes. As is also traditional, these may be made up.

13 Months trying to be a theatre producer.

8 Months spent actually producing.

54 Shows I’ve read.

45 Shows I’ve seen.

1 Shows I’ve pretended to see (not including Shakespeare).

14 Shakespeare plays I’ve pretended to see.

14 Shakespeare plays I’ve pretended to see and subsequently discussed.

2 Performances left during the interval.

16 Performances where I regretted not leaving during the interval.

4 Number of projects I’ve produced.

1 Number of plays I’m producing that are definitely opening next year.

Now normally after listing all the numbers you draw fancy charts or make sparkly graphics, but there’s only one number that matters much when you’re trying to be a producer, and that’s the last one. How many plays are you actually producing. And, after many months, I do actually have one. It’s called The Boy on the Swing, by Joe Harbot, and it’ll open at the Arcola Theatre Studio 2 on 9 March 2011.