Here I am, two hours before press night and yes, I’m nervous. My nerves manifests itself in the form of extra, unnecessary energy which is probably annoying for the rest of the cast so I decided to use up some of that energy writing you, blog.
We have had a long week. Opening night of previews was fab and the audiences throughout preview week have been consistently good. They get it! This is the most satisfying feeling when you do Shakespeare. Being the in the round and the theatre being so intimate, you can get so much off of the audience. I have a soliloquy to them as the courtesan and there is nothing more satisfying than doing this to actual people, and with our close to full house every night this hasn’t been hard.
This week we’ve been doing performances in the evening and rehearsing in the day to marry the technical with the creative. We have had a slight problem with the revolving stage which wasn’t a revolve on first preview. It has been temperamental (something to do with the sheer weight of it) but I think the technical staff (who have been amazing to say the least) have managed to fix it and the past few nights it’s been in (close too) fully working order. Luckily, being the genius that Roxana is, she blocked the whole play as if there wasn’t a revolve so it wasn’t too hard for us to deal with this technical hitch.
So tonight is the proper judgment night. Arghhhh. I hope you like it people and press. We’ve liked doing it very much. I better go and get myself prepared and made-up too. Speak to you soon.
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
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