Lioness had its very first rehearsal today - attended by myself, Manchester's Andy Pilkington, Rotherham's Alex Wilson, and Professor Brian Morrell on piano.
It was a tough, long rehearsal, but very productive, and I now have a better idea of the work we have ahead of us before our preview on 28th April. We are essentially working with the first half of the script, including 6 songs. It's only half an hour of theatre, but we still have our work cut out for us to get it ready in time, and "ready for a preview" certainly doesn't mean it'll be perfect. Our "cursed" fourth role has now been taken on by fabulous actress called Katy - let's hope it's third time lucky - and if that doesn't work out, I do believe our director Liz will simply have to accept the signs from the universe that she is meant to act in this thing. Next weekend we begin in earnest, with a 3-day stint at the Royal Exchange, and before then I'll be working on the backing tracks, sprucing things up and making good use of my subscription to East West's "Composer Cloud". It's ridiculous that I haven't done so before now. I have access to the finest software instruments that money can buy, so it's time to actually start using them! Once April is over we can concentrate on our summer performances, which include Manchester Central Library, Cross Street Chapel and The Kings Arms (as part of GM Fringe), a commissioned performance at DN Festival, and King's Head Theatre in Islington. A friend happened to mention to me today that my former colleagues of the inflated fish variety are planning to tour "Boris - the Musical" again, which I wrote the music for. Since they've announced this to the world without seeking permission to use my intellectual property, I can only assume it will now be rewritten with music of the same quality as "Trump". I wish them the very best of luck with that. I would also encourage their composer to look up the word "melody" in any good dictionary, the clueless fuck. On a totally unrelated note, I've been off work for some time ill, but hope to return soon. It has been a difficult time, but all growth is painful. The lessons of the last 18 months have been:
Quite aside from all that, I also need to work on time management. It's been tough ever since I started my current job, and I need to accept that my Crohn's leaves me with limited energy levels. As they say, there are only so many "spoons" to go around, and if I don't bear that in mind, my emotional resilience soon falters too.
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