Tech-Tastic

We are so nearly there! Tonight is our opening night, our first preview and chance to start to share our work with an audience. I hope the company will be waking this morning feeling refreshed and revived, after a very long and arduous technical rehearsal. Despite its length, I think the tech ran extremely well, considering the complexity of the show, and the amount of radio mikes involved and sounds to balance. Claire, our sound designer worked amazing well yesterday and managed to coordinate everything to achieve a wonderful sound. (Phew!).

This is such a nervous time for a director - being on the cusp of 'going public'. However, I have such huge faith in this brilliant and bold company of players who never cease to amaze and surprise me. The energy is infectious and I can't wait to see how this ripples out across the hundreds at the Minack. A huge well done to everyone involved in getting this massive show to production stages. Having lost our designer at this very late stage, a special thank you needs to be extended to Eloise who has stepped in and carried on the work with aplomb as if she was always with us! So congrats to all who survived and achieved the tech - and to our brilliant stage manager George who remained calm and collected throughout the whole day (and night).

So here's to our first day and, I have a sneaking feeling that..."Something great.....is coming!"

Emma x