And then it was all over...
I did have every intention of blogging last week during the run of the show but it just wasn't possible to fit eveything in, what with making sure everything was ready for our paying audiences and having to actually work during the day, there just wasn't enough time in the day!
Let's catch up shall we? Here's an overview of the lead up to opening night, I will blog about the performances separately.
Sunday 30th March - Mothers day/Set Build
Unfortunately our only set build fell on Mothers Day for this show, luckily we still had a good core of people down to muck in and get on. We had a lot to do. We had to get the set up, paint it and dress it, put up the walk out (stage extension), set up the front of house boards, prepare the catering for the paying nights, set up the dressing rooms, rig the lights and programme them in, Michael and I also needed to get car sounds recorded, some screaming and he had to programme that all in to his sound box. To help us cope with all of this, Jenna had set up "Harga's House of Ribs" and prepared bacon and egg sandwiches for the workers (eggs from our chickens too!), I had also made a cake but we would have that later, bacon, egg and cake sandwiches are not pleasant, not that I've tried them of course... ahem. Anyway, as usual our technical rehearsal did NOT start on time (they never do), but the "Lodgers" were done and out by around 10.30-11pm. A pretty long day as the majority of us had arrived at 10am!
Song of the day - The Beatles - A hard days night
Monday 31st March - Dress Rehearsal
Full make-up, full costume, zombies watching. Nice run through with lighting and sound pretty much there. Cast and crew very happy. Mr FOH and Chairman were watching and they thought it was excellent. I just hoped we hadn't peaked too soon.
Song of the day - Damien Rice - All Dressed Up
Tuesday 1st April - OAP night
Once we had an oap night which I retitled "Only Aight People" as we only had a few turn up, not so this time. 27 in the audience which was great although they do have a tendency to treat every show like panto and think that they are free to join in and shout at the cast. I'm not sure the Lodgers were massively happy about that! However, it is for free and we do make the oldies happy (I think, sometimes it's hard to tell) or at least give them a cup of tea and a biscuit and a night out.
Song of the day - Kris Kristofferson - Help me make it through the night
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