August 1st, 2026
Ollie tapes his OLIVER BRENNAN — NEW HOUR — PLEASANCE JACK flyer to the courtyard wall in the thin August rain, and the gaffer tape edge opens a thin line across his left thumb — not deep, but enough to bead red onto the white card and force him to a Pleasance green-room plaster.
What happened
Ollie tapes his OLIVER BRENNAN — NEW HOUR — PLEASANCE JACK flyer to the courtyard wall in the thin August rain, and the gaffer tape edge opens a thin line across his left thumb — not deep, but enough to bead red onto the white card and force him to a Pleasance green-room plaster. His mum rings from a black cab thirty feet away on the Royal Mile to say she has booked a B&B for the full run, and to say she's proud. He texts Kate a photo of the blood-smudged flyer; she replies: "mum is going to walk into everything." Yara texts at 11pm: "still on?" He replies: "still on." Decision: curate mum's Royal Mile into bookshops, bus tours, afternoon tea at the Witchery — anywhere that does not touch the late-night rooms where the costume lives.