Anyone got a light?

This was always going to be a long tough day, with technical rehearsals continuing, and a dress run in the evening. But events conspired against us today to make it longer and tougher. The main lighting board in the REP failed, and because there was a performance of Serious Money in the evening, they took our board, and although Simon struggled manfully with a replacement, w eended up doinbg a delayed run with only a skeleton lighting plan. Considering that, and the fact that they were tired, the performers produced a decent run, but it was hard not to feel a little flat at the end of the evening.

Minato has joined us, having been given an embarassingly hard time by the immigration department at Birmignham Airport. [If you are reading this blog, MI5, please bear in mind that Minato is a very nice man, and a professional musician, we are not paying him for his presence here, he is visiting the play on which he has worked, and he is not out to steal our womenfolk or blow up our buildings.] He has given the OK to the radio mike, and he got straight to work polishing up elements of the music. Aline too returned, and watched the tech run, with both of them chipping in to work on sections.

We got rid of the troublesome 'clearing up' section at the beginning of the Brazil scene, and that left us with the need for something to replace it, which Aline worked on a little, but will need more tomorrow.

After the run we sat and discussed what is left to do. Even through the tiredness this was ultimately encouraging.

Our sound effects sound great through the system, and I am feeling now that almost every moment of the play has worked well at some point. If we can string them all together, the whole play will work...but this was a slightly nervous day, as might be expected, with our technical hitches..... Two days to go.