See a dozen shows in four days, wait three days more and write down what you can remember with clarity or pleasure. That is my usual way of coping with a festival. As well as the shows, there will be new people to meet, new approaches and opinions to weigh up, assessments to make and conclusions to draw. I treat travel to an unfamiliar country, a new town, the artistic impressions and the welcome I get from the people as a package.
