so...how was your time in edinburgh?
...moist
how was the house?
....moist
um...how about your performance venue?
...moist
Did you like your costume?
..moist...
Are those new flip flops?
....moist....
mate? are you alright?
its banter mate...cuz im MOIST
Saturday, 2 August 2008
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Press Night
Actually it wasn't actually an exclusively press performance, and neither was it at night, but it was the first proper performance of 'Darning Jilly' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and we had a critic in from Three Weeks, so press night it was. We had four or five times longer than expected to set up and one of the C venues staff in the audience cried at Tamar's 'To throw a stick for a dog...' monologue, which I think equals a net win for Royal Holloway Theatre (though at least two of the company were suffering from post-first-show ennui by the time we arrived back home).
In other news, wholesale abuse of C venues staff passes has officially begun, with a big chunk of the cast sticking around after the show to see 'The Elephant Man' (to mixed reactions all round).
Look out for some bloody craziness on the Royal Mile tomorrow afternoon - Tom has promised some form of publicity stunt. We expect it to involve gallons of pink Fairy liquid, red food colouring and his face. (This decision comes after 'Clockheart Boy' and various other companies massively outdid us at standing out while flyering for their shows - although I like to think we offered our potential audience members a more human face.)
--Matt
In other news, wholesale abuse of C venues staff passes has officially begun, with a big chunk of the cast sticking around after the show to see 'The Elephant Man' (to mixed reactions all round).
Look out for some bloody craziness on the Royal Mile tomorrow afternoon - Tom has promised some form of publicity stunt. We expect it to involve gallons of pink Fairy liquid, red food colouring and his face. (This decision comes after 'Clockheart Boy' and various other companies massively outdid us at standing out while flyering for their shows - although I like to think we offered our potential audience members a more human face.)
--Matt
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Tuesday 29th July
Waking up to the banging choons of Ali's alarm at early o'clock in our 5-man sauna room, general "Maaaayte, I'm well hungover though\what ACTCH-ally happened last night?" esque baaanter, leaving for the bus, feeling a bit physically sick on the top deck, getting to the venue and actually being allowed to do the tech after yesterdays shennaigans
everyone gradually admitting they were still pre-tty drunk, banter banter banter though, going for soup in the fog in the pub in the side streets, waiting 34 long years to cross the road, not just one road but every single road in Edinburgh EVER, sitting in a wicked cool pub satisfying soup cravings, going to the cash machine and realizing that the amount of money spent in the amount of time we'd physically been in Edinburgh was verging on ridiculous and vowing not to eat out ever again. Rambling along to Pleasance-land, seeing the Dome, Udderelly et al, stumbling upon a well good park, getting the bus back, chillaxing in the house blah blah blah to be continued
Quote of the Day
Ali: What are we having for dinner, man?
Susie: Maaaate, we should cook mussels
Ali: No
Susie: Why?
Ali: Mate. Firstly... everyone'll be like "Why the fuck are you cooking something weird like mussels? And secondly. "Are you shagging?"
Critical Praise Section
"This is gay"- Ali, after reading ths.
"It just sounds like the ramblings of an idiot, man" Ali, providing a slightly more in depth critical analysis as opposed to the afore-mentioned homophobicness
"Banter, though" Ali
"I think the whole thing's pretty shit" Ali
"If I read this, I'd hate the person who wrote it" Ali
"It's like, you know when you read really shitty gay articles...?" Ali
Waking up to the banging choons of Ali's alarm at early o'clock in our 5-man sauna room, general "Maaaayte, I'm well hungover though\what ACTCH-ally happened last night?" esque baaanter, leaving for the bus, feeling a bit physically sick on the top deck, getting to the venue and actually being allowed to do the tech after yesterdays shennaigans
everyone gradually admitting they were still pre-tty drunk, banter banter banter though, going for soup in the fog in the pub in the side streets, waiting 34 long years to cross the road, not just one road but every single road in Edinburgh EVER, sitting in a wicked cool pub satisfying soup cravings, going to the cash machine and realizing that the amount of money spent in the amount of time we'd physically been in Edinburgh was verging on ridiculous and vowing not to eat out ever again. Rambling along to Pleasance-land, seeing the Dome, Udderelly et al, stumbling upon a well good park, getting the bus back, chillaxing in the house blah blah blah to be continued
Quote of the Day
Ali: What are we having for dinner, man?
Susie: Maaaate, we should cook mussels
Ali: No
Susie: Why?
Ali: Mate. Firstly... everyone'll be like "Why the fuck are you cooking something weird like mussels? And secondly. "Are you shagging?"
Critical Praise Section
"This is gay"- Ali, after reading ths.
"It just sounds like the ramblings of an idiot, man" Ali, providing a slightly more in depth critical analysis as opposed to the afore-mentioned homophobicness
"Banter, though" Ali
"I think the whole thing's pretty shit" Ali
"If I read this, I'd hate the person who wrote it" Ali
"It's like, you know when you read really shitty gay articles...?" Ali
DJ Egham house party, monkeying it up, and tarts and rippers launch in Medicine
monkeys forehead hot spot
cathys birthday drinks begin
sticking to the color scheme is important!
Tarts and Rippers Launch Party
After our preview performance in Mile End
House Party...Ali gets a bit over excited
lovely directors
Tarty tartsDJ so far...
After a month in Egham with nothing to occupy us but rehearsals we are finally in edinburgh! The cast and crew sit in our awesome 77 telford road house. There are about 15 of us at this point and musical beds has already begun.
After 6 hours of waiting at C soko on monday morning we had to come back the next day (two 7am starts!). Being the mature adults that we are, we staying in and got trashed the night before. The tech is finaly completed however and everyone is looking forward to our first show of the preview week! Tomorrow brings red black and white coordinated outfits, flyering, A SHOW, and the pink triangle...
Susie: Jokes! Banter!
Lara: If she says banter again im going to punch her.
Silence....
Susie (whispering) mate....Banter... lets go to the local telford pub!
Highlights so far: jamming to pendulum in the living room as people attempt to watch friends,
massive mash head sessions in the garden, sunglasses and hoodies, hysterics about tamar abusing susie in bed, getting lost in the cereal isle, charlottes bread whoring, lesbonims, a flooded venue, sophie in the hospital on our first day, a drunk tech, cathy in a green facemask PJs and high heals, a four hour walk home that involved latin american food, fields, and driving buses from the second floor.
FLIT TIMES!
update here.....
After 6 hours of waiting at C soko on monday morning we had to come back the next day (two 7am starts!). Being the mature adults that we are, we staying in and got trashed the night before. The tech is finaly completed however and everyone is looking forward to our first show of the preview week! Tomorrow brings red black and white coordinated outfits, flyering, A SHOW, and the pink triangle...
Susie: Jokes! Banter!
Lara: If she says banter again im going to punch her.
Silence....
Susie (whispering) mate....Banter... lets go to the local telford pub!
Highlights so far: jamming to pendulum in the living room as people attempt to watch friends,
massive mash head sessions in the garden, sunglasses and hoodies, hysterics about tamar abusing susie in bed, getting lost in the cereal isle, charlottes bread whoring, lesbonims, a flooded venue, sophie in the hospital on our first day, a drunk tech, cathy in a green facemask PJs and high heals, a four hour walk home that involved latin american food, fields, and driving buses from the second floor.
FLIT TIMES!
update here.....
Sunday, 27 July 2008
Rehearsal Photos
Photos of rehearsal - via Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2080876&l=5a2d2&id=200900780
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2080876&l=5a2d2&id=200900780
Saturday, 26 July 2008
We're here!
We're in Edinburgh now, spent most of today lost and getting our bearings in the city whilst working out how to get from our digs to our venue!
Photos to be posted soon, and in meantime wish us luck for our Tech Rehearsal!
Fran (Stage Manager)
Photos to be posted soon, and in meantime wish us luck for our Tech Rehearsal!
Fran (Stage Manager)
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