At the weekend we made a quick visit over from London to Bampton to check on progress at the Bampton Scenic Workshops – seen here with master builders Anthony Hall and Mike Wareham. Being constructed are the Moorish lanterns for the garden scene finale, and parts of the Countess’ wardrobe. Materials for construction were kindly donated to us a couple of years ago by Tate Britain, coming out of a major exhibition of orientalist painting. We’re very pleased to be giving these fretwork panels a new lease of life as part of our set. As we don’t have permanent workshop facilities, Mike and Anthony have been relieved at the recent spell of good weather which has enabled them to work easily on construction, as well as on a suntan.