Thank you Stephen Fearing.

We went to see Stephen Fearing on Friday night - together with nine other people.  He played a great set and his affability and generosity helped turn what could have been an embarrassing evening into a good night out.  A great guitarist with some cracking songs.  His remarks about opening for Richard Thompson at the Royal Festival Hall and how his next cd would feature Emmy Lou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Cassandra Wilson et al emphasised that he is slightly better known outside Nottingham and probably served to remind him that he doesn't play to a handful of punters every night of the week. 
Tomorrow I go with Matt to Sheffield to discuss with Karen our director where we should go next with Giants in the Earth , the Buckland musical.  Now that the panic of getting it up and ready to perform in Oxford is past it's easier to start to see what should be kept and what should go.  All we've got to do is make sure we end the meeting all agreed in which direction we should be heading.  I've got some thinking to do and some notes to make.