Week Seven Summary

Week 7 of rehearsal 

Do you know it was a year ago yesterday that we decided to do Mack & Mabel? And this Saturday I'll have been doing this blog for a year. A year. Part of me thinks it's been worth doing for a year and another part of me thinks I'm a loser for doing it for a year - you see my dilemma. I'm sticking with the 'worthwhile' tact if you don't mind.

Anyways, back to the matter in hand, and an update on the last week:

Publicity
Leaflets went to the printers on Monday, but because of the proofing stage and the Bank holiday it means we don't pick up until this Friday - but then we have 20,000 leaflets to get rid of and circulate. Plus a few 'other' things are at the printers which we'll be putting up around the area in the next few weeks. Tickets seem to be selling very well - which is amazing considering we only have a banner on the side of the Regent, a website and this...

Tuesday Rehearsal
Tuesday saw the splitting of the rooms - George and Ian in the Main room, with Frank, Loo and I in the corridor - yes the corridor - going through their scenes together and very good too. Had a quick meeting with John G who has started building the Train revolve and has decided to call it LuLu (I think it's more GaGa) but he seems as happy as pig in the proverbial. Dancing went well, as did the singing. Stephen has been cracking on with getting addresses together for a mail out - and very good too. The guys a real all-rounder.

Kessell
We managed to fill the role of Kessell finally and it all seems a bit fate-like in the way it's happened. We've tried several people for the part, but all are too busy, live too far away or are in other shows. One guy we didn't try was Adam Donoghue - great actor, and singer and can dance a little - who would have been perfect, as I've done many shows with him before, but unfortunately he was in a BBLOC (another local am dram group in the area) production of 'The Producers' so he wasn't on the list. But (**sound of eerie fate-like music**) that's when fate decided to play it's fate like hand of fate. Adam's job changed meaning his new hours wouldn't allow him to be in 'The Producers' anymore, so he drops out. (**SFX** ahhhhh). But then he got another job he'd applied for which meant his work hours went back to normal (**SFX** hurrah) so he went back to BBLOC but they'd already filled his part (**SFX** booo) , and then Pete asked him if he fancied a part in M&M and he said yes (**SFX** fanfare). So Hurrah, we're now fully cast again. We've let BBLOC know out of courtesy via Shelley that we haven't poached him just in case some members put two and two together to make a bitchy five. Having said all that it's Adams first night to night, so he might not turn up..... (no, of course he will)

Thursday Rehearsal
Like Tuesday we split. Acting in one room dancing in the other - Georgina taking the principals for one of their dances and allowing the chorus to come at 8:30pm. I then took the men into the side room to go through their shouty emotional bit - and by buggery it was good. Very pleased with them. Dale Waterworth (excellent singer/dancer) also popped in to pick up some software for his new (**sound of angels**) Apple Mac - he's going to help me do some graphics for the show, which will help him with a portfolio - so a win-win situation.

I'm sure I've forgotten loads about last week, but basically everyone is working their socks off. Nuff said.

Neil