My first Thursday night rehearsal was to start at 7 pm, which for me was a pain in the butt as I finish work at 6. I managed to get away right on time but by the time I got to the airport roundabout to get onto the Gateway motorway, I knew I should have gone the long way.
It took me 15 minutes to get around the roundabout and crawl up the on ramp, so I sent Brad a message that I’d be running late. Fortunately the accident was only 500 metres or so from the ramp and after I got past it, it was plain sailing (and speeding) all the way down to Sunnybank. I got to the theatre at about 7.10 apologising to Brad as I walked for being late, and when I looked around, there were hardly any people there. They started sauntering in about 5 minutes later – apparently most of the cast thought it was a 7.30 start! Bloody Hell!
Once the rehearsal actually started it was a good one. We blocked the Potiphar song – my favourite! As the 2 rejected Narrator wannabes, Bernadette and I get to do this bit without the other Divas. Some of the ‘Brothers’ were there too for the ‘Orgy’ scene (!) – believe it or not, it is a family show. They went downstairs to the green room while we go through the song upstairs. We sang through the song first, with Jane Bernadette and I doing 3-part harmony. It sounded amazing even if I say so myself!
Gary is playing Potiphar and the Pharaoh, and he’s such a ham. Guaranteed, the characters he opens with will not be the same characters that appear on closing night! He gets sillier and sillier as the show progresses. His ‘Quasi’ in Nunsense killed me every time!
Anyway, once we got the music right, we all came together and blocked the song. Bernadette and I came up with a couple of ideas that Michelle the new choreographer liked. (Kate had to quit due to other commitments). We’ll be doing a bit of Cabaret mixed in with Chicago and a bit extra on the side. The best fun of it is that we’ll be wearing bowler hats and using canes.
The following Saturday rehearsal was cancelled even though I finally had a Saturday off – we were supposed to do some revision…
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