Opening Night

In class today we did a dress rehearsal of the show. At the end Philippe cut Duncan and Barbara’s monologues. Too boring. Which meant that my change from Puck to Edmund was about two minutes! We tried it - me getting changed during Steph’s monologue - and it was really tight! Exciting! But tight. We ended up having a reprise of Vicky playing her flute (which everybody loves) to give me a bit of extra time.

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The show went really well! A supportive audience mostly comprised of current students in a good mood. And I felt happy with my four scenes. After the show we had notes from Philippe and he was okay with what I did too.

Puck: It’s working I think. But I don’t feel fantastic about it. I could be lighter. Go further with being strange. And play more with Vicky. Ling was saying I look locked in my pelvis (something I heard a lot at drama school) so tomorrow I’m going to focus on being loose there.

Edmund: It’s good - I love this piece because I feel like I’ve ‘made’ it. I can flirt more with the audience. Be more angelic. Dropped a line at the end too, but just laughed through it and nobody knew. 

Erection scene: Ben was absolutely on fire tonight! Ling told me her friend from Le Coq came and said he would never forget that actor [Ben]. I don’t need to play annoyed with Ben’s character for not listening. I need to be so serious and involved in my problem. The more I am serious, the better it is for Ben. Ling (my mentor at the moment ;)) said what I’m  doing is really important because it allows Ben to do his thing. And man was his thing hilarious last night! From beginning to end people were in hysterics! The biggest thing I need to work on is not corpsing! Because I was close a lot last night!

Chamber-pot scene: I had so much fun doing this scene last night. I really felt pleasure pulsing through me. It really worked. Philippe suggested we find a real potty for the scene, instead of a bucket, so hopefully we can get a cheap one soon.

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So a great opening night for me. It feels good to be performing with an audience again and I’m looking forward to the next four nights.