Oh the things you can think, when you think about Seuss! It’s production week! My mentor has relief all week so there are no lessons just concentrating on getting all little things completed for production. There are so many things to be done, all the tiny backstage issues you don’t even think about. All costumes have to be completed. All of our who outfits had to be made more ‘who-ey’ for being on stage. Here are an example of some dresses that were made.
The first half of the week has been a whirlwind of rehearsals at school and last minute costume and prop amendments and I’ve loved every minute of it. It has been absolutely mental but so good to really get the full experience of productions and has gave me a good insight into what it is like to be involved in theatre.
Thursday we had to move all of our props and set into MPAC, this took 2 moving trucks from the school and lots of nerves/excitement from staff. Once we had set up at MPAC, we done a full run through with pupils to smooth over any numbers that needed fixing and to ensure that everyone is confident with their scenes. At 4pm we were able to move into the main stage and do a full tech run through and let the cast get used to the new space and lighting etc.
Friday was a full dress rehearsal in morning then show time at night! There was a Friday night show, a Saturday matinee and then the final show on Saturday night. The cast were absolutely phenomenal and everyone that came to view it was shocked at the level of professionalism for a high school production. I am so incredibly proud of the pupils and actually got quite emotional a few times due to being so overwhelmed with just how amazing they truly are!
