So it's less than a month to go until we kick off at the Edinburgh Fringe! If you haven't got your tickets yet then you can get them here! 

And to get the ball rolling  we decided to film a trailer for the show, which you all will be able to see very soon! Our wonderful trailer designer and animator, Craig Kirk, had some excellent ideas for creating a short, snappy peak at the Buffer madness! So without giving too much away, here's a look at some snaps from the Sunday afternoon shoot.

Those of you that have followed Thrive since the start will remember our show Riot Squat, written by Alan Gordon. After it's success in the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe, Alan and I have decided to join forces again to present this exciting new production for you. Buffer was originally a project Alan started whilst working with Playwright's Studio, Scotland in Glasgow. They are a great organisation supporting emerging playwrights and nurturing their work with the help of a professional mentor. The play was presented early 2013 as a reading at the Tron Theatre which I saw and loved. And it's been full speed ahead since then. 

So in June this year we decided to organise a workshop to develop and fine tune the script to make it even more awesome for the fringe. We also used these few days to audition some brilliant actors for the two male roles in the play. As the characters of Craig and Spencer are quite complex and require a brilliant chemistry to pull the show off, we wanted to make sure we had the right boys! After an initial day of getting to know the actors, we started looking at script excerpts and mixing things up a little bit. 

Buffer centres around the use of technology and how it enhances or restricts our every day life. And as you can see from our workshop photo montage, we found technology extremely helpful and time saving when the actors performed re-writes of the script on a sometimes hourly basis! 

Over the course of the three days, we managed to cast the final characters, come to a solid conclusion about how the script developed and also have a laugh along the way! And as August approaches, our team is all joining to create the most wonderful show - one thing's for sure, it's going to be a cracker!