We just had our umpteenth fire alarm evacuation notice come over the intercom here at Tower Centre. Like anyone who has worked downtown and been in that situation we slowly and calmly exited the building - a little slower than we probably should have as we waited for our auditor to pack up her belongings, after just unpacking them.

We exited the building and wandered on over to chat with the Vertigo Theatre people when, to our surprise, we watched the construction workers inside our theatre shovelling water out the exterior door. Wow, that is a lot of water… Where did it come from? We were told by bystanders the crew hit a sprinker head and the theatre began flooding. And flooding. And… won’t the water just stop already! (We have photos and will post them as soon as the pain of the scene has diminished.

Right now we’re scheduled to have a press conference in the theatre in the theatre tomorrow morning with the Minister of Culture! Keep your fingers crossed…

Leslie, our general manager and project manager, has gone to investigate the damage. Let’s hope it is minimal and doesn’t result in having to replace too much drywall or put the construction too far off schedule.

More details as they come up to us…

UPDATE 1: Mark Bellamy, who is directing our first show and is the Artistic Director of Vertigo Theatre, just told me there theatre is flooding from the roof too. Apparently its just coming in through all the pot lights. Sigh… We’re going to go see if there is anything we can do to help them as our construction crew gets things under control in our theatre.