So, we’re into Day 2 – and things are really beginning to take shape...
EmptyBox Theatre are just winding our evening down with some dinner in our flat, to end our first full day in Edinburgh. After the mad rush of arriving and going straight into our tech yesterday, it was quite nice to be able to wake up and head off full of breakfast and coffee for our Dress Rehearsal – but it’s been a long day!
We headed back to C aquila first thing to do our dress rehearsal, and add the finishing touches to Norman Shadowboxer ready for opening our run tomorrow morning. I had to pop into Homebase en route for supplies, and for what I imagine will be the only time I was in the queue behind a woman whose face was covered in tattoos and piercings; I think that’s the moment I truly realised just how unique being a part of the Fringe is!
The team at C aquila have been incredibly helpful over the past couple of days, and around the various jobs they’ve had to do they’ve made sure we feel welcome and supported. It helps put everyone at ease when your venue staff are so friendly, and we’re looking forward to spending a month with them! After finishing up our dress run, I headed to Fringe Central to pick up our performer passes and learn more about what they do – and to flick through the programme of events they organise. There are so many things we want to attend, but it’s proving difficult to schedule our time efficiently!
The afternoon saw the company putting some finishing touches to our set and design elements, which has left the floor of our living room cluttered with cardboard, scalpels, glue guns and – strangely – socks. It feels like a true artists community here, but whilst the other guys have been doing their arts and crafts I’ve been doing some producing – sorting out ticketing, flyering and press stuff. With all the madness of the past 48 hours, it’s actually been quite nice to just be able to sit at my laptop and play around with some spreadsheets!
With things winding down here, I’ll take the opportunity to say goodnight – the next time we post, we will have completed Show 1!
-Dan
