This has been the best week.
Mainly because of this god damn gorgeous weather!!  What is going on?  I freaking love it!  But also because I have found a fabulous girl.
This is her.
She is called Bridget Christie and I love her!
I went to see Isy Suttie in an Edinburgh preview show at the Hen and Chickens.  She was doing half an hour of an hour slot and sharing the other half with a girl called Bridget Christie.  I'd heard her name a couple of times but didn't really know anything about her.  She was already my friend on myspace (doesn't mean we'd know each other if we were face to face though!) and I knew that her show last year was about King Charles II. 
As soon as she came out I loved her.  I loved the way she walked and spoke (Later I realised she reminded me of Eric Morecombe) and as her show fell apart around her and she gallantly kept going I loved the way she stayed aboard her sinking ship.

I sent her a message when I got home asking if she'd be a part of our June show and she replied the next day saying she would!  Oh I'm so excited.  You're all going to see her too...That's if you're coming to the June show?  In her reply she was so surprised that someone had emailed about last night 's show that 'wasn't vile and abusive'.  She said it was good though, that the show hadn't gone down well, because it had given her a lot to think about because if you have good, early previews you're lulled into a false sense of security and then you get to July and you've still got a shit show!
Exactly!
I had been thinking the very same thing that morning when i was on my bike on my way to work.  I have had a run of bad shows and shit gigs but have always learnt something form them and I truly believe that they are what will make me a better writer/performer.  I've never learnt anything from a good show.  I've simply sat on my ass and thought I was great.

More fool me.  Here's to the next show being great (although still educational) as I put everything I've learnt into it.
See you there?  Tuesday 13th may. 8pm.Lowdown at the Albany. 0207 387 5706.

Love
matt's little sister xxx

Ps.  Oh yeah!  I also wrote a piece about Rhys Darby for London Theatre Blog.  Check it out here:  Rhys' piece