A stitch in time saves nine

Half (3 people!) of the PP team are up in Hull as George is directing Hull Truck’s production of ONCE UPON A TIME IN WIGAN by Mick Martin, which opens tomorrow night.

The play forms part of the Hull Truck Ensemble for its 40th Anniversary, of which the other play is Matt Hartley’s SIXTY FIVE MILES that we are co-producing and that opens on 1 February.

But the biggest PP breaking news is that our production manager Bernd spent the night in A&E after cutting his finger with a jigsaw. Avoid looking below if you’re of a squeamish disposition!

Thankfully the good doctors of Hull Royal Infirmary bandaged him up and here he is looking much happier.

And we thought we’d already had our bad luck for the week, having suffered a break in to our offices on Tuesday. They say things come in three…