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Rehearsals carry with them a tremendous amount of emotions. Not all rehearsals go swimmingly, far from it, and it would be eerie if they did, for only by working through the "nitty-gritty" side of things do we advance our stage in the overall process. This has certainly been the case with the rehearsals for the past week - ten o'clock till three practically everyday, running and re-running the show tweaking little pieces here and there at every new time, and asking the actors and backstage crew to take on board the new instructions.
Only a closely-knitted team of individuals, who by this stage have become friends, acting in a professional environment and with professional attitudes, can maintain this rate of work without disintegrating into chaos. If you haven't gathered by now, "News at Two Minutes Past Six" has all the ingredients to be the funniest, funnest production an actor could wish to be a part of. But of course, everything comes with it's price. Often the most funniest and iconic comic moments are physically dangerous (Del-Boy falling through the bar, Basil Fawlty's falling moose head, Frank Spencer dangling off a cliff, not to mention the hoardes of silent clowns before them.) "News..." is equally as slapstick driven and ambitious. Taking a serious approach to presenting the funniest of physical set-ups is essential - the jokes almost have to be performed so regularly to make them unfunny for the cast to rid the production of crack-ups on stage. The reward comes when the audience are in hysterics at what we are performing. And the reward, at least by today's standards looking back at our rehearsals, will be well-deserved.
Ticket sales are equally impressive - one night is sold out, and the other two are catching up fast! We're so grateful for the support we get from the theatre and it's patrons, but we continue to publicise the shows further afield - to Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Lincoln, Market Rasen, Horncastle, Spilsby, Alford, Skegness and Mablethorpe in the hope of attracting different people to the theatre.
The opening night looms...cue's need to be picked up quicker, another stage hand needs to be found, programmes are being printed, and press articles are being released! It's going to be a hilarious riot!