After a week at The Ashcroft Theatre premiering a powerful piece of new musical theatre, we head off to The Minack Theatre, Cornwall for the next challenge. All at Another Way Theatre are proud of how the show developed during the week at The Ashcroft. For a big new musical like Olympus, one would ideally have a week of previews, but as a community project we had to just get in and get going.
The week was not without incident. Niall Monaghan, our brilliant lighting designer fell ill on the first night and The technical team at The Ashcroft had to take over. We wish Niall well - but this incident also highlighted what a community spirit we have on this production - how everyone pitched in, helped and rose to the occasion.
The cast were filmed in production and interviewed after by Croydon TV and excerpts will be available to view soon.
As the co-writer, I too have been surprised in performance. When Dimitry's heartbeat flatlines as a shooting star is projected moving slowly through the heavens and the gods sing 'Sands Of Time' I was suddenly aware that the flatline on the monitor was mirrored by the shooting star on the screen - that the two worlds were one. This was the intention but I had not realised how powerful that effect would be. Sometimes, when all the pieces come together in production further links are apparent and other messages shine through.
One final thank you to all the staff at The Ashcroft Theatre, to our brilliant chaperones (looking after 30 children) and the cast and crew for rising to the challenge of OLYMPUS and exceeding expectations.
One comment from an audience member yesterday on Facebook - "This has got to go to the West End!"
Well - you never know!
The week was not without incident. Niall Monaghan, our brilliant lighting designer fell ill on the first night and The technical team at The Ashcroft had to take over. We wish Niall well - but this incident also highlighted what a community spirit we have on this production - how everyone pitched in, helped and rose to the occasion.
The cast were filmed in production and interviewed after by Croydon TV and excerpts will be available to view soon.
As the co-writer, I too have been surprised in performance. When Dimitry's heartbeat flatlines as a shooting star is projected moving slowly through the heavens and the gods sing 'Sands Of Time' I was suddenly aware that the flatline on the monitor was mirrored by the shooting star on the screen - that the two worlds were one. This was the intention but I had not realised how powerful that effect would be. Sometimes, when all the pieces come together in production further links are apparent and other messages shine through.
One final thank you to all the staff at The Ashcroft Theatre, to our brilliant chaperones (looking after 30 children) and the cast and crew for rising to the challenge of OLYMPUS and exceeding expectations.
One comment from an audience member yesterday on Facebook - "This has got to go to the West End!"
Well - you never know!
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