We're underway

First rehearsal last night. Good fun. Plenty for everyone to do in scenes four and one, so it made for a good atmosphere with everyone feeling involved. Well everyone apart from secretary that is. Doorknocker is only in three scenes and as the part involves having your face covered in bronze make up, then taking on any other role is impractical. So she spent the evening having a good old chat to set man. About fashion and lifts among other items I believe.
Mort and DEATH are kept quite busy in all the scenes we did last night (one to five) so I and the ginger one had a good laugh. We will need to arrange a few rehearsals between the two of us, and maybe one or two with Albert & maybe Ysabell. The plan for last night was to do scenes one to four, so bashing through scene five as well was a bonus.
On Sunday, while producer was visiting parents, director her and director him had a meeting to do basic blocking of scenes one to eight and sort out rehearsal schedule. The schedule isn't perfect for me but there are ways of getting around a number of potential problems.
We have had two people pull out; gothic bloke and blonde girl, both could have been very good, but didn't want the smaller roles they were given. Much as I hate to see anyone go though, it actually helps us out, as it reduces the number of people in the show to 21, which is what we really wanted. It means that everyone has a reasonable amout of stuff to do. We have juggled things around and it all seems to fit well so far.
Tonight I went to see The Unexpected Guest at the Theatre Royal in Windsor with secretary, previous producer, set man, box office and high priest. Box office was very pleased with himself as he managed to correctly predict the outcome when we were in the bar at the interval. Previous producer had never been there before. I think she might like to go again. But not in the same seats. We were in the rear circle. One row from the very top of the entire theatre. Jolly steep.
Sadly, all six of us are on the Cast committee. This means we will see one another again tomorrow - as it's our six-weekly meeting. Then we shall see one another again on Thursday at rehearsal. Thank God tonight wasn't a Cast social, just the few of us enjoying a good night out. Otherwise people would think we were extremely sad. Hmmmmn.

Thought for the day: 'I hope you're sitting comfortably, I saved you the best seat in the house.' Messiah Ward. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds