It seems I’ve been in another dimension for the last two months. I’m the sort of person for whom there could never be enough hours in a day, but with all that’s been going on in my life I’ve really lost track of time.

• Wombat & I are planning a move to the North West within a year’s time (no time like the present),
• My book store has been very greedy for my mental resources,
• I’m trying to sharpen my creative skills in the hopes it will point me in the direction of a future career,
• On top of that, since late July I’ve been working with Signature Productions on the production of Once on this Island [wikipedia].

I really don’t think I’m biased in telling you that this production is really remarkable. The cast has great energy, and the backstage work to put this thing together is pretty impressive.

I initially started on the props team with work went somewhat slowly for me, considering I couldn’t meet at the main workshop ran by Erik Ball to work as a team with others. Luckily my own garage is fairly well stocked for prop work.

Some of my creations have been a little … subtle for stage application. I take more of a replica-style, detail-oriented approach to making things which don’t read well under theatrical lighting, or from the distances at which the audience sits. A few of these were bummers – you’ll see my awesome, but unused, driftwood very soon.

As we got closer to the show, it became clear that I was needed as an extra stagehand. That, of course, meant almost 2 weeks of dry tech runs & dress rehearsals. Some days we were out at Spring Mountain State Park after midnight! Let me tell you – a guy as domesticated as myself benefits from somewhat more sleep than that!

I’ll tell you more about all this very soon – but just now I have to run out the door to see District-9 with Journeyman Protector.

Tags: once on this island, ooti, props, stagehand, theater

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