I have started to accumulate the props for ‘007 v John Ridley’ which is soon, the 25th to the 29th of October (pv on the 26th) I really enjoy this bit as it involves going around those house clearance and office furniture places. They just seem to function separately from the rest of London, sprouting up like mushrooms on high streets and side roads from tooting to Walworth. The DIY, ‘make do and mend’ mentality was a big part of my fathers personality and as a kid I was always in and out of dusty second hand shops. Having a solid prop around which I can weave a performance is almost the final piece of the jigsaw. Short of having the actual wooden swivel and reclining chair that we had at home for years in Dads ‘office’ I have found the perfect substitute. There is quite a theme of absence in our relationship, perhaps this is apt.
