With the European leg of the tour finishing in Milan tonight the next stage will be the American tour beginning 16 April in Tampa, Florida when Theo will pick up the tour blog again...
"Last couple of days have been a bit of a blur, because of a head cold and taking every opportunity to rest more. Although I was not too terrible really, being ill when on the road is not much fun because you are almost always on the go. I seem to be on the mend now, which is good because after tonight's show in Milan, we have an 18 hour drive back to London.
The gig in Munich was a good one and Marco's parents came along again to this one. My strongest memories of the gig are watching Marco's mum dancing away in the front row like a teenager. I think she is about 75, but she has some cool moves and was grooving way with the kids!
Zurich was a lovely theatre venue. It was a standing audience and they loved it. It is noticeable the difference in audience response when they are standing. Very animated, vocal and shouting and cheering. A difficult gig for me, but a very good gig overall I think.
Then the Sherlock club convened for one final time on the European tour for the final episode. Adrian, Adam and I have been watching the BBC Sherlock series, 6 episodes in all. I saw them all on TV, but they are so good it was great to see them again. Adam had not seen them before but knows all the original books very well and also the Jeremy Brett TV adaptations. Most excellent and what a cliffhanger at the end!
And so here we are backstage in Milan. Seems like a massive warehouse type of a place in the middle of nowhere. The rain is beating down on the roof. Last gig of the European leg of the tour. Had some Tortelloni, a nice cuppa tea, a shower, am listening to Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk and feeling a bit human again. Should be good tonight."
Theo Travis
photo by Diana Nitschke.
