I think that's pushing it slightly, in terms of getting out of The Stand if it's a few minutes over, I wouldn't risk it. But then I am always scared of arriving late and having to miss things when they won't let latecomers in. (Google maps claims 8 minutes, which is a bit generous, but still.) How do you feel about making a late entrance?

I do find it less easy to muster up sympathy for someone who can see most people in the city in which he lives ANYWAY. Though I must [...]

AH HA! I just went to check a Lancaster theatre website to see if I could justifiably claim that all we get are Roy Chubby Brown and Jim Davidson (yes, in the same month, sandwiching Pam Ayres...) and Adam Hills is very kindly coming to Lancaster in November! Wil Hodgson it is. And maybe more days anyway.