Only One More To Go
One final Midsummer Night's Dream then the whole run is ended.
We did the second extra show last night to our biggest audience yet – 89 tickets sold! They were like sardines in the chapel. I thought it'd be a goodly number, though on Mon only 30 had been sold – dunno were they all came from. Of course thoughts turned to what would have happened if we'd tried to sell Fri and Sat too – though sod's law we'd have probably sold none. So it was a good night to end on. We have a Corporate Evening tonight with post-show discussion, buffet and wine so that'll be interesting.
Sun came up this morning. Opposite to last night when grey coulds covered the sky. Just as we were about to begin (15 minutes late after getting all the audience into their seats) it started to rain. So we went inside. It was a raucous opening – I was still using my outside voice and had to tone down. Though plenty of energy and aggression. Did a lot of running outside as Deme and Helena don't charge through the chapel as the audience is coming back in. Really enjoying Demetrius. It'll be a shame to let him go. Second half was excellent I thought. Really enjoyed scenes and watching others playing and creating.
I'd like another month to run the show and develop it. It'd be interesting performing in different venues. Or doing the whole thing outside. Or playing on a procenium arch stage. Endless possibilities.
Thoughts of the shows:
Forgetting a pencil to write down the Lion's prologue and pretending instead
Sitting in the crypt trying to shut out the shadows that looked like strange ghostly figures
A dog belting around chasing its tail in the garden whilst Titania and Oberon argued
A large proportion of babies and kids coming to see a show that finished after 10pm
Bottom's tail repeatedly falling off and finding its way into other scenes
More anon.
