Yes, the format works very well from an artistic point of view. But I would have made one suggestion if the festival was continuing in the present guise - a more structured timetable with shows more in sync with eachother. The event times all overlapped almost at random, so there was a lot of traffic around the site, actually while shows were in progress, with people arriving late and leaving early to cherry pick events, which was very disruptive at times. It's also a nightmare for artists with more than one instrument to have to arrive in the middle of a show because their previous gig didn't finish till after this one started, specially as it upsets the other artists on the same bill. (Sorry Bryony)!!

In a crowded room you can't find space to put your gear, and you certainly can't unpack or tune or prepare, so everything can become very hyper and 'seat of the pants', which is not really ideal from an audience point of view either. I was well aware that quite a few of us were not giving anything like our best at times (though hopefully it was good enough)! I'd also have suggested that rooms be habitually set out with the 'stage' at the opposite end to the door, again to minimise disruption. The drama and music rooms both had the door in the worst place.

But as I say, there isn't going to be a next time, and this was only an issue at certain pinch points. Most of the time things worked eatermely well, and the music was excellent, which is all that matters really.