Well it´s all over!
We just did our final show of the Colour Play in Girona. The house was completely packed, there were people standing up and we had to get extra chairs to fit everyone in. Our performing space kept getting smaller and smaller so we could fit the audience in!
It was incredible. They loved it. The blue boys have already been given email addresses and phone numbers from adoring fans. Luckily nobody seems to recognise yellow after we take off our lovely costumes!
Last night´s show in Olot was really interesting. The road we performed on was supposed to be closed, but the police didn´t quite do their job. So we performed on the road with people walking past and the cathedral bells ringing right above us. Fun fun fun. People were literally touching our suitcase and going right up to the red and blue boys to shove past them on their way home from work. Despite all this, the audience who did stay to watch seemed to really like it. We had a little group of very young kids doing their own version of the blue acrobatics after our rehearsal, they were so cute.
So tonight we´re going to the final party and then we´re off to London tomorrow.
Doreen announced that today´s show is going to be her last show ever. It was really sad, we gave her 3 cheers and she cried in the dressing room after the show. She´s been an absolute joy to travel with, and we´ll all miss working with her at the theatre.
It´s going to be super sad saying goodbye to everyone in a few days when we all go our separate ways. We´ve all gotten so close to each other. Terry, Fiona, Mark and I are travelling on for a few more weeks (UK and Scotland), while the others all go home. I´m going to miss you blue boys an awful lot (Shane you still owe me an ice cream!).
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
skinny dipping with south africans
hi hi hi!!
sorry for the long gap between posts. it´s hard to find a computer and hard to find time to stop and think for 5 minutes to actually write something down.
it´s been a VERY busy few days.
the friendship dinner in Monaco was the BEST night ever!! we sat with our friends from South Africa (big hi to Craig, Roy, David and Alex!) which was awesome. the dinner was spectacular - real gold leaf on our dessert can you believe it!
after dinner we watched this amazing Elvis show - it was like a real broadway hit - music and dancers and amazing costumes and a live band from the 50s.
After dinner there may have been some skinny dipping in the mediterranean with the south africans, but what goes on tour stays on tour!
we had a fantastic night in Avignon. What an incredibly beautiful city.
Two nights in Barcelona were a bit of a whirlwind - but we saw heaps of stuff and had our first real tourist experience.
Last night we arrived in Girona. What an INCREDIBLE place. I know I keep saying that about everything, but it´s true!
The city is small and very old. Spectacular architecture from Roman days right through to today. The people and food and performances are amazing. I can´t think of a word strong enough to describe how magical this place and this festival is. We´re just feeling a little bit stressed about performing the acrobatics on some very old and uneven cobblestones in 35 degree heat with about 80% humidity.
everyone says hi - we´re all still alive. although some of us have very swollen feet and ankles, and sore backs (says Shane), and i have a growing collection of big bruises in some unusual places.
I´ll try to be a better blogger over the next few days.
Now it´s time to go and wash the costumes.
Love to all!!
xxx
sorry for the long gap between posts. it´s hard to find a computer and hard to find time to stop and think for 5 minutes to actually write something down.
it´s been a VERY busy few days.
the friendship dinner in Monaco was the BEST night ever!! we sat with our friends from South Africa (big hi to Craig, Roy, David and Alex!) which was awesome. the dinner was spectacular - real gold leaf on our dessert can you believe it!
after dinner we watched this amazing Elvis show - it was like a real broadway hit - music and dancers and amazing costumes and a live band from the 50s.
After dinner there may have been some skinny dipping in the mediterranean with the south africans, but what goes on tour stays on tour!
we had a fantastic night in Avignon. What an incredibly beautiful city.
Two nights in Barcelona were a bit of a whirlwind - but we saw heaps of stuff and had our first real tourist experience.
Last night we arrived in Girona. What an INCREDIBLE place. I know I keep saying that about everything, but it´s true!
The city is small and very old. Spectacular architecture from Roman days right through to today. The people and food and performances are amazing. I can´t think of a word strong enough to describe how magical this place and this festival is. We´re just feeling a little bit stressed about performing the acrobatics on some very old and uneven cobblestones in 35 degree heat with about 80% humidity.
everyone says hi - we´re all still alive. although some of us have very swollen feet and ankles, and sore backs (says Shane), and i have a growing collection of big bruises in some unusual places.
I´ll try to be a better blogger over the next few days.
Now it´s time to go and wash the costumes.
Love to all!!
xxx
Thursday, August 20, 2009
King of Bahrain
Apparently the King of Bahrain just stole one of the theatres parking spots with one of his cars, the most expensive car in the world. bastard!
the second show on tuesday night went really well. it wasnt as hot so we didnt melt our make up off quite as quickly. gosh and shane were still dripping wet though.
now that our shows are over in monaco we have moved to nice. the apartment is up about 450 stairs. its pretty amazing but the poor boys had to carry all our bags up the stairs for us!
we saw shows by south africa, finland and france last night. they have all been excellent. the finnish one was hilarious!!
tonight were seeing shows by belgium, austria and japan. tomorrow night is the big friendship dinner which should be lots of fun.
everyone says hello!!
the second show on tuesday night went really well. it wasnt as hot so we didnt melt our make up off quite as quickly. gosh and shane were still dripping wet though.
now that our shows are over in monaco we have moved to nice. the apartment is up about 450 stairs. its pretty amazing but the poor boys had to carry all our bags up the stairs for us!
we saw shows by south africa, finland and france last night. they have all been excellent. the finnish one was hilarious!!
tonight were seeing shows by belgium, austria and japan. tomorrow night is the big friendship dinner which should be lots of fun.
everyone says hello!!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Hello from Monaco!!
Well here we are!!
it is very very hot and humid, but absolutely amazing!!
we had our first performance last night and just about died from the heat. this morning we had a critique of the show and it all seemed to go very well. the audience wasnt sure about our language, and they asked lots of different questions about our theatre and the show and characters. they are super happy to have us here!
we have been on national tv and met lots of important people and are being very well looked after. there is a tv crew everywhere we go filming us, even in the wings before the show! its like the paparazzi!!
we have another show tonight and then we can relax a bit and see some of the other shows as well.
it is very very hot and humid, but absolutely amazing!!
we had our first performance last night and just about died from the heat. this morning we had a critique of the show and it all seemed to go very well. the audience wasnt sure about our language, and they asked lots of different questions about our theatre and the show and characters. they are super happy to have us here!
we have been on national tv and met lots of important people and are being very well looked after. there is a tv crew everywhere we go filming us, even in the wings before the show! its like the paparazzi!!
we have another show tonight and then we can relax a bit and see some of the other shows as well.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Children's laughter
Our season in Goulburn went really well. Actually better than I was expecting. It's interesting too, because it wasn't really until we had an audience reacting to the show and then talking to us about their interpretations afterwards that I realised the show has quite an impact on people and really makes them think quite a bit. Awesome!!
The colour that really made people talk was green. What was the green character, what was she doing, what was going to happen next?
Cool.
On a few nights there were kids in the audience. There is absolutely nothing better than hearing the sound of children's laughter. It's so free and uncomplicated. They thought the play was funny so they laughed. There's no embarrassment or self consciousness. That really loud joyful belly laughter is amazing to hear, and even more incredible when you realise that it's you and your fellow cast making them laugh.
Here's hoping the kids in Monaco and Spain feel the same.
Then on a few nights, there was absolute silence from the auditorium. It was so quiet that I was beginning to wonder if there was anyone out there at all. It's amazing that one 45 minute show can evoke such a spectrum of reactions from people. On the quiet nights it seemed that people were finding much more to think about and talk about. They were enjoying the show, and going a bit deeper than the kids.
The two shows on Saturday were EXHAUSTING. I can't write that in a big enough font. More exhausting that doing a matinée and night show of a normal full length play. Absolute bone crushing tiredness. Thank God we don't have to do two shows in a day overseas. Still, I guess it shows that we were working bloody hard and hopefully it paid off.
So, less than 2 days before we leave!
The props and costumes all fit in the yellow suitcase. Huzzah! It only took 3 of us most of a day to pack everything and get organised. As long as no one loses their shoes and everyone can take a bit of the promotional material in their bag we'll be fine.
My own packing on the other hand.... Well it's still all over my bedroom!! There's stuff everywhere!
We're heading off for Sydney on Friday morning. I'm still in denial about the impending 48 or so hours of plane travel, waiting, waiting, plane travel, waiting, blah blah blah blurgh!
My next post will probably be from sunny beautiful Monaco!!
The colour that really made people talk was green. What was the green character, what was she doing, what was going to happen next?
Cool.
On a few nights there were kids in the audience. There is absolutely nothing better than hearing the sound of children's laughter. It's so free and uncomplicated. They thought the play was funny so they laughed. There's no embarrassment or self consciousness. That really loud joyful belly laughter is amazing to hear, and even more incredible when you realise that it's you and your fellow cast making them laugh.
Here's hoping the kids in Monaco and Spain feel the same.
Then on a few nights, there was absolute silence from the auditorium. It was so quiet that I was beginning to wonder if there was anyone out there at all. It's amazing that one 45 minute show can evoke such a spectrum of reactions from people. On the quiet nights it seemed that people were finding much more to think about and talk about. They were enjoying the show, and going a bit deeper than the kids.
The two shows on Saturday were EXHAUSTING. I can't write that in a big enough font. More exhausting that doing a matinée and night show of a normal full length play. Absolute bone crushing tiredness. Thank God we don't have to do two shows in a day overseas. Still, I guess it shows that we were working bloody hard and hopefully it paid off.
So, less than 2 days before we leave!
The props and costumes all fit in the yellow suitcase. Huzzah! It only took 3 of us most of a day to pack everything and get organised. As long as no one loses their shoes and everyone can take a bit of the promotional material in their bag we'll be fine.
My own packing on the other hand.... Well it's still all over my bedroom!! There's stuff everywhere!
We're heading off for Sydney on Friday morning. I'm still in denial about the impending 48 or so hours of plane travel, waiting, waiting, plane travel, waiting, blah blah blah blurgh!
My next post will probably be from sunny beautiful Monaco!!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Opening Night!
It's opening night tonight! Lights up at 7:30pm.
After months of rehearsals, indoor and outdoor, several bouts of the flu, some injuries and the inevitable arguments and stress (and lots of fun of course) - we've arrived!
These rehearsals have been different to any I've been involved with before. Well I suppose I'd say that for every show, but these ones have REALLY been different.
We built the Colour Play ourselves from a bunch of concepts and ideas into an energetic fast paced acrobatic whirlwind of a show that will hopefully entertain audiences of all ages and all Nationalities.
We started with our initial tribe groups and spent a lot of time developing our characters. What would each colour look like, sound like, do, feel, want? Of course, the beauty of this is that we were able to be totally imaginative and really strectch ourselves creatively and artistically.
From there we've created a 45 minute show that explores the concepts of war and peace, multiculturalism, and even death.
And on top of all that - it's funny! And acrobatic and energetic.
What more could you want?
We're doing a short season the show in Goulburn - 6 shows between tonight and Sunday. 2 of the shows are outdoors - bbbrrrrr!!
But despite the cold, the outdoor shows promise to be something pretty exciting - Marsden Weir on Saturday afternoon and the Caroline Chisholm courtyard on Sunday afternoon.
The play is actually designed more for a large outdoor space (CJ would love it to be in the bush) so the outside shows will be more authentic than the ones on the Lieder stage.
Then we have a week off to pack everything up and get organised before our flight next Friday.
eeekk!!
We're at the pointiest end of the pointy end now! I can't believe how quickly this has come around!
Hopefully we'll see you at the show!
After months of rehearsals, indoor and outdoor, several bouts of the flu, some injuries and the inevitable arguments and stress (and lots of fun of course) - we've arrived!
These rehearsals have been different to any I've been involved with before. Well I suppose I'd say that for every show, but these ones have REALLY been different.
We built the Colour Play ourselves from a bunch of concepts and ideas into an energetic fast paced acrobatic whirlwind of a show that will hopefully entertain audiences of all ages and all Nationalities.
We started with our initial tribe groups and spent a lot of time developing our characters. What would each colour look like, sound like, do, feel, want? Of course, the beauty of this is that we were able to be totally imaginative and really strectch ourselves creatively and artistically.
From there we've created a 45 minute show that explores the concepts of war and peace, multiculturalism, and even death.
And on top of all that - it's funny! And acrobatic and energetic.
What more could you want?
We're doing a short season the show in Goulburn - 6 shows between tonight and Sunday. 2 of the shows are outdoors - bbbrrrrr!!
But despite the cold, the outdoor shows promise to be something pretty exciting - Marsden Weir on Saturday afternoon and the Caroline Chisholm courtyard on Sunday afternoon.
The play is actually designed more for a large outdoor space (CJ would love it to be in the bush) so the outside shows will be more authentic than the ones on the Lieder stage.
Then we have a week off to pack everything up and get organised before our flight next Friday.
eeekk!!
We're at the pointiest end of the pointy end now! I can't believe how quickly this has come around!
Hopefully we'll see you at the show!
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