Blithe Sprit episode 1

So most of today was devoted to my first sunburnt day as the stage manager at Blithe Spirit. Day one is always the hardest, and this was surprisingly painless, although I'm beginning to wonder if a bit more clarification of what exactly it is that I'm supposed to be doing in this particular production would have been useful. For the uninitiated, stage manager could mean anything. It could mean actor chaperone, props sorterouter, diva wrangler, sound techy, script knower-backwards-er (fat chance) or - very occassionaly - stage manager.

For today, I was the line caller and it was definitely my turn to get lost in the play. Quite literally. It's a biggun - only 77 pages but Good God! are they busy pages?!* We are currently running at 2hrs 10mins. Not bad, but our slot's only 1hr 30m because after that long, the sun will set and we'll be left in the dusky night feeling foolish. So there's some shaving to do.

The show's great and I'm loving every second apart from the sunburn and the potential "can I have more holiday" question needing to be popped... Watch this space.


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