TECH WEEK: Thurs

And suddenly, I've fallen behind on this blog! Although, perhaps it is an honest representation of a tech week...when all the focus and energy is on getting the show ready for the first performances, and everything else just has to take a back seat for the time being.

But, in the interests of documenting things properly, heres a catch up blog entry!

THURSDAY

We started a full tech run at about 10.30am, and got through it by about 5.00pm (Not bad!) This then gave us a bit of time to reset all the props to their starting positions, run through the choreography, warm up our voices, line-run a few tricksy areas...before doing a dress rehearsal in the evening.

Benj and Nix marking through choreography

 

The dress rehearsal wasn't as smooth as we'd perhaps have liked- but it was a relief to get a 'performance conditions run' in before Friday...it allowed us to get a handle on our character journeys again, and identify any weaker areas we might want to go through again before the first performance.

The show ran for much longer than we anticipated...we finished the show at 1 hour 45 minutes! Eek! It is likely to get quicker, and we may look into cutting a few sections.

We have notes up at the house- and its lovely to sit down with the whole team and have a celebratory glass of wine whilst we iron out a few niggles, and clear up some of the interactions. By the time we part company, the mood is optimistic and we're looking forward to the challenge of tomorrow...a sell out preview!

But its a lucky minority who are able to head off to bed...some of the team go back to the theatre to finish up a few last minute jobs here and there. Jon and Jake have some film to sort out (exporting a few altered clips and importing everything into the program we use to run the show), and Sophie to sort out a wig, and to grit the stage so its safe to dance on!