Rehearsing with just one actor can be an intense experience. As Tom put it, earlier in the rehearsal period, “it’s a bit like having a personal trainer!” I find myself getting very wrapped up in his performance, so that when Scaramouche Jones laughs, I laugh, when he cries, I cry. By the end of the evening, I feel as if I am the one who has been performing!

Most of the time, we’ve been working in the studio space at the Cornerhouse in Tolworth, where we have recreated the exact dimensions of the Green Room at the Waggon & Horses. It’s a quiet room, shut away from the outside world, where you can easily lose yourself in the life and times of our ancient clown.

Mind you, last night the mood was broken by another rehearsal, in the main auditorium – a production of Little Shop of Horrors. One of the quieter, more moving sections of the play was periodically interrupted by a booming voice, bellowing “FEED ME!”.

However, we do have to get used to background noise.  However hard you try, no pub theatre is ever fully soundproofed, and there will always be the hubbub of voices and the distant sound of traffic. So perhaps the accompaniment of a hungry, man-eating plant was not such a bad thing!

Just over one week of rehearsals to go. With some shows that can be a scary prospect, but I feel that we are exactly where we need to be. I may be biased, but I think the show is already captivating to watch, and as we add extra layers, it becomes ever more mesmerising.

I’m getting closer and closer to the moment where I can say: “Now we just need an audience”.