Ensuring insurance

In addition to learning my lines for Clouds of Grey, mostly on my walk to and from the Lido, I've been negotiating with a well-known London venue to put on a production of three one-person plays next spring. All seemed well until last night, when I received the contract to sign. Problem. I need liability insurance in case any part of the production causes injury to anyone else. So, the contract goes unsigned while I get insurance. It turns out to be not that expensive, but it means having to sell another ten tickets to break even.

Meanwhile, back at Clouds of Grey, me an' Sergeant Banford are 'avin' a chat, which, coincidentally, involves another kind of insurance . . .

photo by Lauren Wright; with Barry Brosnan