So in one weeks time I'll be up there. Bonkers mate! Been building up to
this all year but it's now suddenly come round very fast. Bit of a cliche but it's true. Mind you, the
last month has been mental, I've not had a great deal of time to
think about it really. In the last two weeks I've finished my school job for the summer, finished a 2
month youth project with
Lyrix Organix, called Kingston Roots and just completed a 2 week
musical theatre residency at
Stratford Theatre Royal with
Conrad Murray.
And oh yea, I've moved out of my house as well. Not the most ideal of
preparation but I'm alright none the less. Could do with a fat kip
though. You know, one of those massive 16 hour ones that proper recharge
you, waking up in a light and airy room with cotton drape curatins gently flapping in the summer breeze, with a load of Andrex puppies rolling round in carzy roll. I'm rooming with
Gary From Leeds up in Edinburgh, I might ask him if he wants to stand in for the Andrex Puppies.
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| Look at that mug with his Edinburgh show |
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It dawned on me this morning whilst brushing my teeth that this is all
now happening next week, it's actually happening. I'm about to go and do 25 shows plus extra gigs, as well
as having to go out there and get the punters in every day, which in itself is
quite daunting. Of course, I knew all of this when I signed up and I'm
making it sound like I'm about to go to war or something. I'm going to
do a show in a pub / bar..I like performing, why the worry? I don't have the answer to that question. My reactions are probably way over the top
but it's still a big deal for me. I'm sure I'll look all at this in a
few months time and laugh, whilst thinking what a nob. There's a whole
bunch of people I know who are going up there and I'm sure it'l be a
laugh. It'l no doubt be a slog at points but that's all part and parcel.
No pain no gain and all that. By sticking the show on, I wanted to see
if I could actually do it and I'm doing it. Putting my money where my
mouth is. Not that I have much money, but my mouth is reasonably sised, so in case I grt a massive windfall, I'll be alright. Anyway, I wasn't doing anything
else this summer, so why not?
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| What?! He's got his mug on the back as well?! |
I had a day this week with director
Stef O'Driscoll, who I worked with
on
A Tale From The Bedsit. Stef is now really making a name for herself
out there, I think there's 3 shows in Edinburgh this year alone that
she's directed, don't quote me on that, she might have been telling me about shows in devlopment. Either way, she's smashing it, so I was lucky to get a day with her. I like to think working with me back on the Bedsit show launched into her new
found director stardom, but I can't say that's true, though we did drink
a lot of tea and had a good laugh whilst making it, so it was
great to get back in the room with her again. She helped me tighten up
all the pieces and add what I hope are now the finishing touches. I just
have to record one more piece of audio then the thing there is done.
I've also managed to recruit a tech to do my sound this week as well,
seems like a cool guy and I hope we work well together. I hope he
doesn't like lager as much as I do, then we might have a problem.
So yes, I am now days away from starting. Gonna do a few more of these blogs whilst I'm up there. But if you are up there, I'm at the Pilgrim, everyday except the 16th, 4:15. Just look at the flyer, it's all on there. By the way, flyers are great aren't they.. They were designed by
Natlie Clay check her stuff out www.styloclay.com. Peas and taters
