selling out the Courthouse

Nona is parked out the front of my house (after a little crazy late night shenanigans with the trailer, a pile of autumn leaves and a sign post) and Christy and Luke come in for showers and muesli. We cycle in to the Courthouse and lock up out the front. Sal (who’s operating lights) and Jordan turn up and go through cues. We warm up and try some tricks in the squishy space. I walk into the changerooms and have one of those smell- induced strong memories. Doing the Pirate show with Christy and Cleo here a few years ago.

Woah. Pirate show flashback moment

The sweet, sweaty, makeup, hairspray, dirty costumes, dust and electrical equipment smell of the La Mama changerooms. Such a specific combination.

Absolute sell out show. Christy, as Scout, goes for extra chairs and the theatre is packed. The tricks are solid, Kate’s new notes are really nice to work with, the audience is cute and interactive.

In the break we lie on the grass, drink lots of water, giggle about nothing.

Sal and Jordan: the job of a techie often involves a lot of patient waiting

Christy turns naughty-Scout in the changerooms as we are trying to make decisions and Luke says, “I don’t think Scout should be part of this decision making process.” She gets more outrageous and decision-making is canned for that moment. The thing we have been doing constantly these last weeks is planning on the run. Those moments when we’re warming up, grabbing lunch; what would normally be down-time time, just never are. There’s always another bump in to plan, or driving-distance to google.

Scout in the dressingrooms, being a little bit bad

The second show is a slightly smaller crowd and has a crew of the Westside youth in it. It’s totally delightful to have them there with us. Lots of them have already seen the show and its hilarious watching Maddie, who has seen it, checking Timiki every time something funny happens. Timiki has a massive smile the whole time and it makes me very happy.

We clear the stage at the end of the show for the other two shows that are using the space that evening and catch the tram back to mine. I wash costumes and make noodles. Luke comes back from the video store with Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. The world is a very good place.