Morning, all!
Apologies for the lateness of this blog entry - of course, we usually do these in the evening, but due to the events of last night it's had to wait.
Alas, yesterday was a sad day for EmptyBox Theatre. We're incredibly upset that Liz - our amazing puppeteer, and all round wonderful person - is leaving us on Friday afternoon; unfortunately, she has to return to the States, abandoning us for the final couple of performances.
To give her a proper send-off, we all took her out to dinner last night - we went to a nice little Italian place, where we enjoyed some continental cuisine and a couple of drinks so we could toast her properly. Max and Lisa had been given the task of getting Liz to the restaurant without her knowing - and it seems as though they probably need to brush up on their skills at keeping secrets!
However, there was a proper surprise when Liz returned to the house to find a farewell banner and some decorations awaiting her. Lisa had gone all-out in setting everything up, and I think it's fair to say Liz appreciated the effort - although there weren't any tears, I'm sure I saw some welling-up...
So were now sat at the breakfast table, going through our morning routine for the final time with Liz here. She boards her train away from us at 1pm...
DON'T LEAVE US, LIZ!
- Dan
