"It's my line isn't it?"

Heeeeeellllloooooooooooooooooooo people! Are you ready for another instalment of my blog? Too bad because I am J

I can’t really say it was the most exciting of weeks mostly due to the cast getting really stuck in to the blocking so I don’t think it’ll be a very long blog this week (famous last words though). The set has been painted again as I thought it would and from now on I’ll not be taking any more pics that will show the stage because it’s certainly something that needs to be witnessed in real life but below I’ll give you a hint, also any type of photos of any of us in costume can’t be shown either for legal reason of course, but I’ll still be updating this blog so don’t you worry too much.

A clue?

It really dawned on me that there was only 4 weeks to go on about Thursday when we went through the same blocking for the 3^rd time and I still didn’t have my book down for this specific scene so I knew that the weekend was when I was going to have to have these lines memorized to the best of my abilities. Luckily I kept my word to myself and did get stuck in to it on Saturday night and came in to our Sunday rehearsal with my book down and although there were quite a few moments of awkward silence, I can say that only every other time it was me haha. The funniest was in ‘Act One Finale’ which I’ve mentioned previously as being a mammoth song in itself but we also have dialogue throughout the song and it’s all very fast and energized and so every time there was silence I’d be like “oh it’s me isn’t it?” to which most of the time it was except for the last time where it wasn’t anyone we just had been thinking someone most of had a line. Needless to say that I need to figure that scene out, while I have the lines down it’s just knowing where they go that can get to me confused especially when you learn lines alone. Nevertheless books for the rest of the cast are slowly being put down and by the end of our Sunday rehearsal we did get the call to have our books down from now on, so I’m sure that will kick a few people in the pants who were using it like a security blanket like I was.

I feel you Aragorn!

We’ve also started trying on things for our characters and I certainly had an interesting one, the description for my costume was that it be tight fitting which is not something that ….. hmmmm ok I’m not going to beat around the bush and I’ll be honest, the word tight fitting is not something I ever associate myself with, I’ve grown up as the big guy who was bullied for a large portion of my high school years and sometimes I revert back to that insecure boy. This was one of those times. While I am sure the director wouldn’t put me in to anything I wouldn’t look good in once I put on those pants that were hugging my butt really tightly I may have had a little breakdown in my mind haha I’m just not used to feeling my outerwear so closely to my body that I was CONSTANTLY thinking about it as I walked around the stage. But I think they thought of the shirt was my biggest concern because as I’ve mentioned in an earlier blog, I’ve lost a considerable amount of weight in a relatively short amount of time, so with that it means my body is a little crazy looking and I have quite a bit of loose skin so me in a tight shirt doesn’t look very good, instead it looks like a pillow was stuffed up my shirt :S Thankfully I didn’t make any type of scene and the Director didn’t like the way they looked on stage so since I wasn’t needed for a while I got to look around the costume room and found an outfit that I’m very happy with and very much the kind of clothes I feel that Bobby would where (because at the end of the day it’s not about me, it’s about the character). HOWEVER who knows the finished product might not be what Adey would want and it's his show and I want to give him what he wants, so if it goes back to the tight pants I'll rock them because Bobby would've rocked them I'm sure lol. Anyway what do I know about fashion? I wear waist coats, shirts and pants allllllllllll the time haha. While the costumes were being tried on Marie had to find an old woman wig for her character and that gave Sharon, Deborah & I a chance to play around with some wigs with her which was a lot of fun and if I had my phone with me I would’ve taken pictures to see Marie, Sharon & I wearing some uber chic and somewhat identical Cleopatra wigs and Deborah doning an Elvis wig.

Instead you'll just have to see these stunning look a likes of us

 

Now the Black Baby has turned up again! So as soon as I saw it I took these photo’s for you to realize the creepiness of it. Now I don’t know too much about the actual story of where it came from or anything but as far as I’m aware it’s been around for quite a bit and when people come in to the theatre the Black Baby seems to be in a different place and no one knows who’s moving it. Of course it could just be different people each time just placing it around the theatre but that’s no fun to think about is it? When I took the photos the Black Baby was hanging from a door, when I came back again it was on the set. Supposedly in Oliver, Jack had said that it once was hanging from a noose above the curtains! Whether or not there’s a supernatural force controlling the baby or it’s all just myth it still makes for a great story to tell new members of MPA & gives the theatre its own folklore.

   

Three weeks to go people and I’m pretty certain those 3 weeks are likely to go by pretty quickly so if you haven’t booked your tickets then remember to do so and I’ll see you next week.