Two show day. Went in to the Fortune for 8:30, walked from Joan’s house, through the chilly Dunedin streets where the air smells like coal. Carrying hoola hoops and the laptop and Luke singing made up songs.
Final touches to the set and the post-box rigging, finishing the teacher’s notes while Luke and Christy warm up. The first audience queue in. Lots and lots of primary and pre-school aged children -197 of them and their teachers sitting in rows. They are delightful audience, bringing child magic, giggling loudly and interacting the whole way through the show. Luke and Christy have rearranged their chore for the new wooden box which is a slightly different size and part way through the explosion scene I realise they don’t know what they are doing but are running around making it up. It makes me laugh but I’m sure no-one else notices
In between shows, Christy whips on her hula costume and does the bolt down to the octagon to perform at the fringe launch and I get food and follow her down there. Its cold and the grass is wet and she’s barefoot in a little bathing costume, freezing but so cute and the audience love her.
Second show is much quieter, two groups of high school boys and various parents with small children. This time, Christy starts doing the Macarena in the middle of being told off by Luke. After the show the boys are awesome and stand together on the stage asking questions and being funny until their teacher makes them leave.
Went straight to the moana pool and swam laps and sat in the spa and walked home. Picked up a copy of the Star off the pavement with Bubblewrap on the front cover. Walked slowly together leaning over the page to see what they would say.
Went out to see I ‘heart’ camping with Joan and Chris. Laughed a lot. 'do you think that guy defines himself as a comdian or an actor?' We look and look at the ways people are funny. what they use. what works.
Came home and Luke and Christy juggled while I did dinner dishes. Spent the evening getting sound effects for Wiped Out and blowing up the shark and growling it around the loungeroom. Interspersed with Christy dealing with emails about the museum show and me making there be a blog. All of us post-pool and vague.
Just figured out how to set this up online and posted all my word docs to the blog. Very satisfied and sleepy
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