Goodbye Anne

It's all over. The swiftest get-out in Bench history (probably) heralded the end of the production. It is always an anti-climax and a somewhat unceremonious way to finish a production which the after-show party tries, but often fails, to correct. Everyone is usually too exhausted, hungry, thirsty to bid farewell to a show with the same energy and enthusiasm with which it was first greeted.
I experience a mixture of sadness, relief, pride, fondness for what we have achieved and what the immediate future holds. It takes only one glance at the ignored stack of washing up to remember that, ultimately, it's business as usual.
But I don't want to kill Anne off just yet. I am sure there is a great deal of evaluating and analysing to do, and since we have this forum, we may as well use it. If I still have the drive in a few days time, I will post my own thoughts on the past few months, but I would be very keen for anyone else to add their own comments. Perhaps you were involved in the show and have some observations to make. Maybe you saw it and wanted to give some feedback. Whatever your views, good or bad, I'd really like to read them.

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