I will make this brief. We are already four performances in to our six performance run. We can't believe we've already made it this far. We had a smaller house last night and they were pretty quiet, but we also had a really good run. We've come to realize that we have been given a tremendous gift in working on a show for this long. We have been sitting with this script for over a year. We have gone through two rehearsal processes. We have found layers, dug deeper and discovered more. And now we find that we are here in a place with this piece that is solid, level, strong. We know it and we play within it. And it is, consistently, exactly what it needs to be.
We've gotten great responses to the physicality of the piece. We can't do the harpy without getting huge smiles of intrigue from our audience. We can't do the drunk scene without getting a booming laugh from the audience's belly. This is very reassuring that our work is both understood and appreciated.
We had a time of it busking yesterday. We have been going to busk at the same time every day and find we tell the same people about the show... every. day. It also didn't help that it was pelting rain yesterday, putting most of the buskers and tourists in a less than cheerful mood. We decided we should try busking together again and closer to when our show actually goes on. So we'll be busking in a group, costume-clad and beating drums, on the royal mile this afternoon in hopes of meeting some new people and stirring up some new interest.
It will be nice to have the usual busking time off to see shows and do get our energy up for later busking and our show. So much fun.
That's about that. Hope you're all well. Thanks for following and reading.
Speak soon.
The Tempest Ladies via Jana x
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