It's Saturday afternoon and I'm sitting in the foyer of The Torch theatre between the matinee and the evening show on the last magical day of Mundo Paralelo.  A year ago, we started off on our journey - 12 shows in 12 months in 12 different locations across Wales - and we've actually pulled it off.  Just our extraordinary finale in Port Talbot to go now!

On May 26 at midnight we will announce our next year of work.  I'm very excited by the new shows and ideas - and by the opportunity we have to support emerging work through our new initiative WalesLab. 

But you only launch once, and I certainly won't ever forget this year: from Boyd Clack in a chicken costume in Blackwood to Sian Thomas's tortured face in vast close-up on Brecon Army Range; from Marega Clarke in a 20s bathing suit on Barmouth Beach to fifty cabs lining up for audiences outside the Millennium Centre; from a Halloween party in Bridgend to i-pods on the streets of Aberystwyth.  I've had the chance to see so many corners of this beautiful country, to stay in some fab B and Bs and to break down in the fog in the Pembrokeshire moors! 

There will be time to thank everyone involved over the summer, for now, it's time for The Passion.