MISSING YOU ALREADY
Less than a week to go until we start technical and dress rehearsals and I’m getting really excited about how the show is shaping up. The songs sound great and there are some great fun scenes to perform, as well as some real ‘hankies-oot’ moments! All we need to do now is polish everything up, ready to wow our first audiences.
The funny thing about rehearsing a show is how much things can change once you have a live audience. It is as though you go through the entire rehearsal process with one of the cast missing until the opening night and then, once the audience are in to react and provide the energy you need to play off, everything finally takes shape.
Of course, the whole idea is that the show is rehearsed with the audience’s reactions at the forefront of your planning but there is just no way to tell what unexpected little miracles or hiccups will come your way once the final part in the cast is filled. And, of course, just to keep things interesting, the final part is played by a different performer every night.
Fi-diddledy-dee!
Sometimes you reach the stage in rehearsal where you yearn for the audience to be there because you want to share in the joy of the work that is being created. That is when you know you are involved in making something special and that is where we are at just now with Ae Fond Kiss – preparing to welcome our missing cast member with open arms and a big old smile.
See you soon!
Gilchrist Muir
