It has been such an up and down, yet very exciting couple of weeks. The publicity is well underway. ChicksWorld on Channel 31 filmed a feature story on us and it will air this Friday night. That was exciting but also surprisingly exhausting. We performed 4 sections of the play a couple of times and then they interviewed each of us individually. It took about 2 hours, and I still had to work the rest of the afternoon so I was pretty wrecked that night! It was worth it though. I can't wait to see what the final edit and show looks like!
It is really hard to get the cast together this week, so we are not going to make a lot of progress with rehearsals. I am not too worried. We have some good foundations in place, and Sandy doesn't return from her holiday until next week, so there is only a limited amount we can do right now. I did have to recast our Bill Shorten suddenly about a week ago, so this will give James a chance to get familiar with the script which is a good thing.
My main focus this week will be organising invitations to the important people. I need to target the funding bodies and people who could help me get the show into full production next year. That is a bit tricky, because unlike publicity, where you just target everybody, I need to be selective and approach it in a much more personal fashion.
This process has also forced me to become much more conversant with digital editing tools. This is a good thing and good skills to have, but I have to admit it did put me under a bit of pressure. The E-Flyers and posters are done now though, so I can relax about some of this stuff. It has been a bit harder to manage the internet stuff, just because of tiredness and fatigue, which is why I haven't blogged for ages. Still, I really think with the publicity sorted things will settle, and I can focus on rehearsals, blogging, and just having fun!
