The get-in has begun for Concrete Dreams

The get in has begun! We are in! We have so much help and support this is an incredible job. That’s the thing we say when we catch each other’s eye. Today we had a production meeting on the Purcell Room stage.... that felt decadent! Andrew Locke has a team of carpenters putting in the cabinets. The CNC’d wood makes us all thrilled, but think of a future without the need for chippies! The projectors and screens are arriving, the crt monitors are looking ace. The graphics are hitting deadlines and being produced. We are placing and measuring for exhibition text. Andrew revealed that he didn’t sleep for working a couple of days ago. ‘It wouldn’t get done otherwise’ he said, quite naturally. Last night I sat with Sal and we pushed through all the tear sheet texts til past midnight and then sorted monitor placements, to rise early to advise the techs and reassure the head tech that we are trying/working/ not incompetent. The meeting on stage is full of gratitude and acknowledgment that KlangHaus and Andrew were only employed in late January and have hit the ground running. A six meter beacon had also been designed/ imagined and building begins on Tuesday with help from Norwich colleagues... nice! This is a wonderful job, and the brilliant rep/ freelancer from the Heritage Lottery Fund expressed her joy in our involvement and our ideas and our sheer love of the building. We love the building. A first private event was happening in the QEH foyer this evening... it looked stunning and jazz played as it may have done in 1967. It was glorious, sparkling and inspiring.... we snuck through to use the loos and they, the loos, looked incredible... there’s even a concrete column in the loos against bright white tiles.... you have to have a look when it’s open.... stunning! Easter weekend is two days away... and we can’t wait to get in and work in the downtime of Easter. This could be my favourite Easter ever.