First Night!!

[desperance]

This was - you must all know by now! - the first night of my play, "A Cold Coming". And in the fine tradition of the theatre, after the grim panics of yesterday, it all went fabulously well. Very few lines got lost, no one tripped over the furniture, I myself was fabulous (oh, you didn't know I was in it? Most important part, hon: on stage throughout. In bed and silent, and lying very still. Bizarrely, I seem to be quite good at this...). I'm happy.

I'll post any reviews - of course! - as we get them. Meanwhile, all I have to angst about is the next two nights, because...

Please see next post.

Comments

[devonellington.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, my darling! Can't wait to see the reviews.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

hope a leg was broken! (retroactive theatrical well wishing)

[angelsasha.livejournal.com]

Yaaaay! I'm so glad it went well :) You must be so relieved.

First night pictures

[durham-rambler.livejournal.com]

One day no doubt I will be able to put these up on eBay as they are the first ever sold for a play by desperance.

This is trhe scene that greeted us as we came into the auditorium, in the basement of the library in South Shields. If you look closely, you can just see desperance's clasped hands. Simon Veit-Wilson, further back in the auditorium, had a better vantage point, and we hope to have his photos in the next few days. It was a good first-night audience though not full, and the play was well-received.

No photos during the show, as I didn't think it would have been right or appropriate. But I hope the company will have taken some of their own at some point. At the end, slightly odd. I don't think the absence of a curtain was the reason the cast decided not to take a curtain call, but after the end of the play and some enthusiastic clapping for desperance, the audience had to call "Cast!" quite vigorously to get the cast back on stage to hear our applause:

The cast: left-to-right Chaz Brenchley (Quin), Sean Kenney (Michael), Viktoria Kay (Debs), Wayne Miller (Zoot), Iain Cunningham (James) and Jill Dellow (Amanda). Not visible: Bill E Meeks (Stuart) and Anne Graydon (Gillian). The Director was Peter Lathan, Production Assistant Noel Conroy and Technical manager Jeff Crowe.

[martyn44.livejournal.com]

Silent and still on stage, the only way to be, if you ask me. That's what actors are for.

Hurrah for the good guys.