Keeping it going

Week-oh-my-god-I-haven't-enough-time

Oh it's all getting a little scary now. I'm doing 2am finishes at the mo, but my piles doesn't seem to be going down. That's piles of work, by the way, not piles. Nothing to do with my bottom area...just to be clear.

Anyhoo, overture storyboards nearly finished (above) and ready for handing over to Jon and his team. The idea is that everyone gets a name check in the overture in a style suiting them ie John Gayler is building the set therefore:

We had a props meeting on Weds evening and that went well. The Two Annes seemed very at ease with everything I've asked from them, so that's all tres encouragement (as they say somewhere that speaks French. Like Dusseldorf).

Last night was a production meeting which went well. I think. My attempt at being helpful and sorting out lighting bars may have turned out to be a bit wrong... but Martyn and Eliot seemed to interpret it. Plus Martyn may have saved us 1000s of pounds by point out something bleedin' obvious that I didn't think about. Custard Pies + Radio mikes don't mix very well. Phew, electrical disaster averted.

Last nights rehearsal was doing the little bits of lib we haven't done with the principals, and George went through the last of the dances - all in preparation for the bolting it together next week. Cast should have their books down, and Sharon Burn is coming to prompt them - so fingers crossed that the cast have learnt their bits or we're a bit screwed....

Lots of publicity going out at the mo. Ticket sales are ok, but we're going to push more over the next few weeks.

So now comes the hard part of rehearsals.....bolting it all together - next week we'll know if the show is going to work or not....eeeeek

Neil