Sometimes, like, I imagine, most people just starting in this business, I find myself very despondent and begin to question whether this is really the right path for me.

Evenings like yesterday do much to restore my sense of direction.  I went to see Humble Boy at the Artsdepot in Finchley.

Two things marked this out as a bloody good evening:

1) It's really really good.  A lovely, charming, surprising play, which I previously knew nothing about at all, beautifully produced and acted.  Especially nice to see a good friend in the lead role, and bringing it off with great aplomb.  Thoroughly enjoyable evening's theatre - heartily recommended - go and see it.

2) Met the aforementioned friend afterwards for a quick drink.  We'd spent quite a bit of the summer working together on the Edinburgh Fringe show, and there was a fantastic bond built up between all of us in the cast and crew - and meeting up briefly again yesterday rekindled that.  There's a kind of joy involved in meeting up with people you've had that "shared experience" with, something I've never encountered in any of the other assorted jobs I've done over the years.  This is, indeed, what I should be doing with my life.