Wine-ding up for the main event

It is a long time.... I know it is a long time between blogs, but as we draw ever closer to the show, there's no time for me to draw breath, let alone have time to sit and write for you lovely lot.

Let's catch up shall we? Last week we had a mixed bag. Monday was a Monday like pretty much all the others, only worse. It was only when we got into Act 2 and reran Act 1 that we all started to feel our parts again (and that's not feeling our body parts, that's our roles - thought I should clear that up before I got emails of complaint). It was possibly the fact that everyone was overwhelmed by the site of the fantastic art that Evremonde and I created or that it was Monday - and who likes Mondays? I seem to recall a very famous song about the crapness of Mondays, so maybe we're just sensitive souls with the Boomtown Rats in our subconscious brains (I was going to put Psyche but I couldn't think how to spell it).

Thursday however, was magnificent. It was like we all discovered the show again. We had costume (and everyone looks great), we had tears (from several of us actually - Lucie strikes again) and we had the press (see pictures in the local papers out this Thursday).

This weekend, Director Guillotine and I were mostly decorating our bathroom and loo, but stopped to have a takeaway (and SEVERAL bottles of wine) with Lucie and Defarge AND we still put together the programme!!! Aren't we clever children?

So, what is there still to do? I still need to source a few props, I have some more wine bottles - er, yes after the weekend I seem to have one or two - I need to make a sack for Mr Lorry (not big enough to put him in, one for him to carry). Now I have visions of Mr Lorry in a sack with rope tied round the top and Director Guillotine is wondering why I am giggling to myself! And there needs to be some hemming on courtroom robes (as Attorney General is not as tall as you might think) and Seamstress' dress needs to be taken up so she doesn't trip up the stairs. So sewing will take place when the lights are going up on Sunday - just when I thought I was finished with the sewing!

Thursday is our last rehearsal before dress (which is a performance as we have people paying to see it), which is a little bit scary when you think about it for too long so I won't....