The sound effects are – nearly – in the can. My faithful sound engineer, Harky, has scared up a P.A. system that’s going to give us full throttle.

The preparations for this show have been an interesting process. However, I feel I can now relax – a bit – and knuckle down to the small matter of rehearsing the reading of RLS’s great works.

Two things to update you on, though – I’ve changed the running order, so I’ll be doing Thrawn Janet first, followed by Markheim.

The other piece of news is really good news – for the final, climactic piece in the third segment, Hyde’s Last Words, I’ll be joined by my favourite axe man, Kenny Mackay. Kenny’s played on this piece before – last November, in fact – so you can look forward to some guitar-shaped fireworks when he and I play out the final sequence.

Buckle up, this is going to be quite a trip!

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