Theatre 31 Productions are making a right mess of the venue at the moment, but all in the interests of art. Their production of The Pitchfork Disney opens on Wednesday.

After a great and occasionally sunny day on Sunday with contemporary music, table tennis and the 12 minute opera we are now onto physics or at least a show drawing inspiration from Newton’s Third Law ‘for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction’. Leftfield Productions do the honours this Thursday – Saturday.

In an attempt to end the never ending story of the floor in ‘Africa’, the current weak and failing mdf, most of which was inherited, is bring replaced by block board.

Tomorrow Theatre Ark open their production of The Tempest. This morning a dumper truck full of sand arrived for their beach. It promises to be a spectacular production. The ship they have built in ‘Africa’ is fantastic.

It has been a real pleasure hosting Mehmet Sendar and his dancers over the last few days. He is a charming man and his dance pieces look fantastic. We encourage everyone to come along on Friday night for something special (see Diary to the right).

We’ve been storing the track for Graeme Miller’s Track for the last few months, now the man himself is here, sprucing things up ready to install the piece under Spaghetti Junction for Fierce. It promises to be a great ride.

On 6th March the venue hosts Ping It, Ring It, Roll It, Write It. A drop in day for exciting new music. ‘Ping It’ refers to, Ping! a piece composed by Joe Cutler, performed by the Coull Quartet and featuring the Fusion Table Tennis Club. Roll It refers to Stan’s Cafe’s collaboration with composer Michael Wolters: The Voyage. Tickets are now on sale.

Keep tuned for news of ‘Roll It’ and ‘Write It’.

Sneakily Stan’s Cafe have been using ‘Australia’ to audition for The Just Price of Flowers.

See the diary to the right for all dates and details.

Jane Packman’s new show, a work in progress opens today (see diary). It should be good.