The Rest

... of the team!

Come on there's only two weeks until opening night so there's no way I was going to be talking about sleeping!!! and having introduced the band last week, It occured to me that maybe I ought to do the same for the rest of the mob.

Director - Also group Chairman. Works damm hard for the group. He may have been absent for a few rehearsals but he has put together what is promising to be a fantastic show. He's great at knowing what he doesn't want, but sometimes not good at telling you what he does want. Hence the reason why a member of the cast is still going on stage in their underpants next week as Director can't tell me what he wants said character to wear. Frustrating for a Producer.

Setman - Refuses to go on stage other than in blacks to change it. Joined the group having refused to buy tickets to watch panto because he hated it but volunteered to help build the set instead and got roped into helping out backstage. He ended up working for 8 out of 9 performances that year and has built revolving platforms, staircases which light up, a working windmill and has put running water on stage. Apparently it's all my fault. Nothing new !!

Choreographer (s) - There always has to be one aspect of a show that causes problems. We've had trouble this year both getting a choreographer and then keeping the one we did eventually get. However two of the girls within the cast for the show have come up trumps and have saved the day. They choreographed one song each last year, this year they've done the whole lot.

Box Office - Almost as proficient with an Excel spreadsheet as me!!!! Box keeps track of who's sold what in the group and encourages everyone to sell more, as well as monitoring the online ticket sales, managing his team of female telephone operators (hidden in a secret location, so he tells us) and allocating tickets to seats to ensure that front of house know what's what on the night.

Programme Editor - Not in the show this year but doing a sterling job in the background with the artwork he was presented with to produce postcards, flyers, posters and currently the programme itself. He won an award from NODA in the summer for his programme for Moby Dick the Musical which was very well deserved.

Then in the background are a whole host of bodies including the committee who have done leaflet drops and put posters up, helped build the set, make props, written letters and made phone calls and made costumes.

and then there's me!...Producer.

Lyric of the Blog: " Forget cold glances and rejections. Leave the things that separate. Build on a trust that we can stand on. Like to get to know you well, so we can be one, we can be one together. Howard Jones