Getting In
So, we return to the Baxter with Pictures of You. The upstairs foyer is in renovation, as it is turned into a rehearsal room – which is good for the Baxter. Makes for an interesting front of house as it gives a real buzz going into the theatre with a bit of backlog as opposed to how it used to be with everyone milling about. Always a good thing to have a buzz going in.
Had a weird get-in/preview – we kept tripping the lights for some reason. High voltage? Static electricity overload? Are the nerves or excitement getting too much? Not really nervous…we’ve done Pictures so many times now, the nerves are the nerves of getting ready for an audience, not the “omigod omigod are we ready?!” type.
Isolated the electrical problem to damaged wire connections, just before we opened the house. Previews have gone well – finding our rhythms onstage, chopping time off the show again. It’s become a tight, pretty slick ship now…quite some distance from the scruffy beastie we began with.
And so it’s onwards and upwards to the opening…
