I'm enjoying this long break from work a lot. No show yesterday and no show today. i'll be going back to work on wednesday and even then, there will only be a night show, no matinee, so i'll report for work at 6 pm. life is good. and it appears that there won't be show on thursday either and on friday, there will be only a night show. one good thing about working in theatre, yoy can check newspaper adverts to see which days you have to work. Life! says that tckets are available for tomorrow 8pm and Friday 8pm. anyway, Life!'s young reporter seems to absoloutely love the play. there was another article about it in today's paper. I remember that particular reporter as a young guy who scribled away feverishly at his notepad when he attended a preview of the show on one of the rehearsal days. looked like an eager beaver to me. reviews have been good so far but audiences each night have been small. matinees see about 25-30 people and night shows see about 50-70. that's not much for a medium size theatre like Jubilee Hall. But small audiences are good for crew. each mistake gets amplified by less and the lack of people sitting the the front rows greatly reduces the risk that we might be seen by the audience.
I'm very happy. After Friday's closing nigght performancem it'll be bump out and paycheck and off i'll go back to wearing my usual blue clothes instead of the top to toe black i've been sporting since the show started running.