20 Jan 2010 - BAFA ACE

Today I am in London to meet up with BAFA (British Arts Festival Association) Kim & Lizzy the Administrators are so lovely and I am off to see their new office. It is so central yet so small, expected I would imagine due to Central London office space prices. It's lovely anyway and they are loving having their own space at last, after hot desking it for a few years.

We discuss the conference (last November) and start to think about the next one in Brighton. We also talk about how the World Festival Network fits in with BAFA and how we can help each other.

I walk from Trafalgar Square to the Arts Council England Offices, past downing street, the London eye, the river. I really didn't know that those 3 areas of London linked in together, amazing what you miss when you get the tube. It's a lovely sunny day so walking is good!

I have been taken on as an Arts Council Assessor, which means I get to go and see productions and tell the Arts council what i think of the experience, quality etc. Lovely job and lovely people doing it too. Cant wait to see what i am covering, on the pilot I found my self assessing Ralph Fiennes at the Chichester Festival theatre...