00:00I'm Jane Bradley, Arts Correspondent at The Scotsman, and I am here this afternoon with
00:05Anthony Alderson, Director of The Pleasant, which has had to shut its Pleasant Courtyard
00:10venue for the first time in 41 years due to very high winds today.
00:16So Anthony, how significant a closure is this for you, this is the first time you've had
00:20to do this?
00:21Anthony Alderson, First time I've ever done it in 41 years.
00:23So 16 theatres and a show in each of those theatres will be on the hour, that's an awful lot
00:30of shows.
00:3172 shows.
00:32Yeah.
00:33So 72 shows, you're hoping to reassess the situation late this afternoon?
00:37Yeah.
00:38Well, the weather forecast, you can put the water in the mid-afternoon, the closure there
00:46is really proportionally, and even though they're inside venues, the courtyard itself
00:53is a big mountain close to the outdoor area.
00:55They're quite historic buildings.
00:56There's an awful lot of structures out there.
00:59So it really is just a case of, you know, make sure that we're so, make sure the place
01:04is open.
01:05As I say, it's entirely sufficient.
01:07Yeah.
01:08And your other venues are remaining open today?
01:10Yeah, the Dome is open.
01:11The ITC is open.
01:12They're both inside.
01:13They're both equipped with lots of troops.
01:14So, in fact, the Dome is humming at the moment.
01:17It's full of people.
01:18I bet it is.
01:19Everyone's working inside.
01:20Clearly getting out of the wind.
01:21Yeah.
01:22I mean, it's a beautiful sunny day.
01:23I mean, it's one of those peculiar weather patterns.
01:27But it is, it's gusting.
01:29It's sort of 60 miles an hour.
01:31And was it quite a difficult decision to make?
01:34It's always difficult, those in a theatre.
01:36You've got to be careful.
01:37But actually, the eventual decision is quite simple.
01:39Which is, this doesn't feel, it's not always unsafe.
01:43But actually, we've got to be, we've got to make sure it's the last of the season early before it becomes problematic.
01:52Yeah.
01:53Well, hopefully things will improve this afternoon and you'll be able to reopen tonight.
01:56I do hope so.
01:57And of course, today's two for one day.
01:59So, two for one tickets.
02:00We hope that people who, you know, who would miss it, they would just come back.
02:04Those tickets will on end.
02:05You know, we'd invite people to come back on Wednesday, Thursday and come and celebrate over the weekend.
02:10Fingers crossed.
02:11The weather will be wonderful.
02:12Fingers crossed.
02:13Thank you so much.
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