The Final Curtain

Well, all four shows completed now, and we all had a fabulous time. I had a lot of friends come to see the show, and they were all really impressed with the play and our tap routine. I pretty much knew that anyway by the enormous applause we got after each tap performance every night. The audience absolutely loved it.

We went out partying on Friday night and Saturday night after the show, and had a great time dancing and mucking around at the Vineyard on Acland Street. On the Friday night I managed to get some time alone to chat with the lovely Rachel, and so I asked her out and she agreed! She gave me her phone number and we scheduled a lunch date for Sunday.

I picked her up and we had a lovely late breakfast at Cafe De Cuba in Elwood, and then we drove to Brighton and wandered along the beach for a while. I dropped her off at her place at around 4, and feeling game I decided to kiss her, which turned out to be well received -- whew! So we are going to catch up again next weekend, as both of us are really busy during the week.

So, in summary, had an amazing time, performed 4 great shows, and got the girl :) Woo!

Two shows down; two to go!

Wow, what a rush!

It sure is great to be up there in front of an audience and doing your thing! The adrenaline kicks in and it's just wild! Two shows completed now, and they both went really well. Technical hitches on both nights with the AV equipment, so I'm hoping they can fix that up for the last two shows. I've garnered a small role as the piano player in act one, and I play the bridal march as the bride walks down the aisle - cool fun! Who knew that knowing how to play the piano would come in handy?

The tap routine is bringing the house down. It really is stealing the show, and all the people I've spoken to say it is their favourite part! This is great to hear, as we really are throwing everything we've got into it. Because of this show I've made a stack of really great friends in our tap classes whom I would never really have chatted with before, so that's been an awesome side effect.

I'm having a blast, and it's been great that I've had friends and work colleagues in the audience each night to show me support. Caroline was even lovely enough to bring me a box of chocolates as a gift - very sweet!

The lovely Rachel was not there on opening night, but she was performing tonight, so I seated her at my reception table (gosh I'm sly) and we pretended we were married for the whole play. It was great, especially at the end of the show when I started dancing with another girl and she came over and thumped me with a mad look on her face - so cool! She really held her character. She's gonna come out with us after the performance tomorrow night, so I'll see if I can get her number then. What a doll.

More updates soon!

Busy Week

Work has not eased up at ALL. So I'm flat out working kerrrazy hours as well as trying to prepare for my performances. Anyway, I'm very excited that we have our final dress rehearsal tomorrow night and then start the shows on Wednesday for 4 nights!

I have friends & cow-orkers coming to every show, so there'll always be a (different) friendly face in the audience, which is great! I'm still a little concerned that a couple of the cast members don't have their lines memorised as of our rehearsal on Saturday -- worrying! They're really gonna have to buckle down to get them learnt before Wednesday. But the play is really funny, so I doubt the audience will notice.

I'm also dead keen on one of the girls in our tap crew (who is from the class above me)... her name is Rachel and she is just such an awesome dancer! Fingers crossed that she gets dizzy from all the lights and accidentally falls into my arms. Either that or I'll hit her on the head - whichever comes first.

Project Implementation date is only two and a half weeks away now, so gotta keep burning the midnight oil.

In the meantime, read this. The term 'evaluate my meat' is now firmly entrenched in my vocabulary, and shall be liberally used henceforth whenever being medically examined. What a classic.

Record

I just hit a new record - last week I did 81.75 hours! Busted my old record of 77 clean off the map! Thank goodness I get paid by the hour, or I would be an unhappy chappy.

Of course, I'm tired as all get out.

It seems that I'm performing 4 shows for the tap performance, on the 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th of May at the Gasworks (select "Mayhem Cabaret #12 Presents White Wedding). We just finished learning the routine tonight, so the rest of the time will now be spent in practising it over and over again. How exciting!

Okay, back to work :(