dinnertime!

So, today, we were happily rehearsing getting ready for our approaching performances when bad news struck like lightening on your noggin. Scotty revealed to us, that the UIA is using the Pac on the 21st of May for a concert at a time which will coincide with our performance; this concert will involve bands, music and numerous noisy interruptions which means audience members will not be able to hear actors’ voices (which is not ideal as the dialogue is crucial to the understanding of the plot). SO, we could either, stand our ground, refuse to budge and work on voice projection, conform to the desires of bureaucracy, or kindly request that as UIA booked the Pac after us they move their show to a later time. Our original decision was to stand our ground and despite being lacking in numbers against the large organization against us – insist on keeping our original arrangement. This, however hasn’t seemed to work and it seems as though the lil’ guy has lost again, and as any young, thriving theatre company would do, we may have to accept moving our show, as I like to say we’ll have to build a bridge and get over it.
The problems with the show being at 5 are firstly, we will have less time to get ready and will have to hurry to be ready to perform by 5 and that this time will prove difficult for audience members who work or have uni classes late to attend and therefore may result in losses in numbers. However, there is a positive side – being at 5 o’clock this will be a more appealing time to our Scopus friends as they will easily be able to stay after school and then come see us perform. Also, we’ll be able to get home earlier! (OR PARTY LONGER AND HARDER) We’ll find out tomorrow the final decision – but either way, let’s look on the bright side and focus on putting on a GREAT show! I know we have it in us, we just have to pull out all our efforts for the final stretch!