Friday 6 August 2010

Another Day Another Venue

So after a meeting with the 'building manager' of the second car park we were due to perform in we were told that we couldn't do the play there either.
Though the guy was supposedly the manager he had no idea regarding what time the car park was locked or security details and was clearly not going to let us perform there under any circumstances.
We had been rehearsing there for most of the previous day when at one point whilst doing a run at lower than full on volume a woman came and parked her car right in the area we were using.
I'm sure no other theatre company has had anyone park on their stage during a rehearsal.
At 12 o'clock-ish we took our set (some Heras fencing, weight bench and rope) to what will hopefully be our permanent home for the duration of the festival : C Venue 34. (still get tickets at The Pleasance)

we set up our cage that we perform in and did a run through without the technical bits which we then went over afterwards.
At last we actually got to perform our first full on run of the play to an audience which included Ghazi Hussein the poet who's work and torture experiences our play is based on.
It was emotional to say the least and talking to him after the show we let him know how grateful we are that he let us use his poetry and experiences and that he came to see us perform.
He was concerned about Steve's back (at times in the play me and Gary bash him repeatedly against the fencing) and general physical well being at having to go through the demands of the play.
After getting Ghazi's approval it made all the trials of trying to put the show on worthwhile.

1 comment:

  1. Hope you finally get a chance to perform this properly guys, best wishes, Phil

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