I begin this blog after rehearsal four of my one-woman/one-person/solo show, Three Kinds Of Me. Whichever term is the more de rigueur, it all boils down to the same simple fact: I'm going to be up there ON MY TOD. Just me, my skinny little 5ft4 self and I. And to put it in no uncertain terms, I'm CACKING it. But, hey, this was MY idea - I wrote it, I decided I'd perform it and therefore I deserve zero sympathy. That's why I'm writing this blog - this way I can weep, curse, sweat, howl and hair-pull into the privacy of my laptop keys and nobody has to listen. Do you hear what I'm saying?

Tuesday 11 September 2012

The PPM


Had a rather belated PPM on Sunday. No not a Pre-Menstrual Meltdown (although I’ll be having an extra big one of those this month and next, what with the added show stress - the boyfriend has been warned), but the Pre-Production Meeting for 3Kinds. The pre-production meeting normally takes place prior to the show going into production – the clue being in the title. But for some reason this meeting didn’t happen until we were well into the rehearsal period. I’m just amazed it happened at all, and I spent the whole hour feeling extremely lucky as well as grateful to the six other people who had gathered around a table in a hall on a glorious Sunday afternoon to discuss the nitty-gritty of a show some of them aren’t even the slightest bit involved (and probably not even all that interested) in. And all for the good of my ‘crazy idea’. All so that everything –lights, sound, set design, health&safety, publicity– runs as smoothly as possible for me from now until curtains. And I didn’t even bring them any biscuits. Shame on me. There will be some at next month's PM, I promise.

Minutes From The PPM

1.     Jezz kindly ‘volunteered’ (magically, without even opening his mouth) to take care of lighting design as well as sound.
2.     We still need a lighting operator, which hopefully will be somebody other than Jezz.
3.     The set will be minimal and hopefully not too slippery.
4.     The only health and safety issue could involve audience members being attacked by pieces of paper.
5.     I will not be wearing a white t-shirt and pouring water over my head during the show.
6.     As far as publicity is concerned we just need to tell people that tickets are now on sale.

SO PEOPLE – TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/newventuretheatre/
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