Groundhog day

I really don't know how actors and such do the same show over and over, nigth after night for months, with matinees. If I was doing anything else every night or day (aikido, spokes, work, etc.) it would at least be different every night but this is exactly the same every night. Well not exactly - One of the skateboarding nuns crashed into the set tonight causing the male lead to forget his lines. But it's only little differences like that - which somehow make the absolute repetition of everything else more surreal. The gaps between the choir's stage appearences seem shorter somehow, as do the gaps between performances. This is especially marked when we have a matinee, like last Saturday and I'm sure tomorrow twice, then Friday then Saturday twice will seem even more groundhog-like. I'm glad that I'm chaperoning as it gives me the chance to sit near the stage. I tend to read in the corridor but everyone else is in one long thin room, almost on top of each other. On Saturday they have arranged to take over the bar area between shows for a pot luck buffet and then afterwards they've planned to go to somewhere in the Northern quarter. I'm glad to have the excuse of a visitor to get out of it to be honest - they're a good bunch and I like several of them very much but we all feel a little too close.
I think I will be singing 'Secret love' forever.