Wednesday 11 June 2008

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Occasionally going “SSSHHHH!”

The last few days have been a bit of a blur as we prepared for and then put on a show of the best bits of our work over the past year. (I would have loved to invite you but space was much too limited unfortunately.) Quite aside from trying to get the pieces themselves up to scratch, the biggest challenge at this stage was creating a complete show out of about twenty separate pieces, with 34 actors, and no dedicated crew of any kind. Here’s what I remember of how our time was spent:

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  • 12:54am: Sitting on the steps of Hackney Town Hall with everyone, drinking, wearing bits of costume to keep warm. Lovely.
  • 02:21am: Waiting for the N55 over the road from remains of the crowd. Chilly but can't bring myself to wear oversize boilersuit.
  • 11:41am: Starting the day with a full breakfast at Smith's of Smithfield, hoping that was the last night of rehearsal dreams.