After the fourth show finished around ten o’clock that night, the dressing-room emptied in record time. The girls, oblivious to the urgency involved in a pulldown, gathered up their belongings and stepped out into a hive of activity, which took them by surprise.
All cast and crew had donned overalls and thick gloves. A resounding clanking of metal upon metal reverberated around the site as the tiered seating was being dismantled with the help of hammers. Everyone worked with diligence. They all had their set jobs to complete and executed them with a rapidity which reminded Melissa of worker ants. The men picked up their loads and hoisted them back to the waiting lorries, then returned empty-handed to repeat the process. Shouts of camaraderie rang out as they shouted and joked with one ano
