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Second night blues? Nope.

19 April, 2008
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Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Tonight clicked. There’s an old theatre furphy about second night being less good than opening night … or at least they can leave the actor feeling a bit ‘off’ and thus the performance is less good. I’m here to tell you that our second night was better than the first. The acting ensemble are firing,

Asides, audiences, Cabaret

Opening Night

18 April, 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

Is there anything more glamorous in theatre jargon that the phrase ‘opening night.’ Heck Broadway show tunes (Another Opening Another Show: Kiss Me Kate) and even whole shows (42nd Street; A Chorus Line; maybe even The Producers) have been written about this particularly thrilling time in the life of a stage actor. Tonight was ours.

A Chorus Line, Asides, Cabaret

Reader Appreciation Day: it’s the blogger not the blog

17 April, 2008
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Blogging
Posted by Kate Foy

It’s (late) on blog reader appreciation day, and I wanted to say thanks to everyone out there for your part in making my adventures in e-learning such a rewarding experience. The ‘Dear Reader’ was often acknowledged in those great 19th century novels; the Misses Bronte and others knew how powerful an incentive the readerly eyes

Apple, Blogging, Imagination, Art and Creativity, Learning and Teaching, Productivity, Recreation and Social Networking, Research and Professional Development, thanks

Just tell the story: Dress 3

17 April, 2008
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Actors and Acting, Productions
Posted by Kate Foy

And we did … with passion, care and joy. It works. In less than 24 hours, we’ll be in front of the final, missing ingredient … the audience. Bring them on!

Asides, Cabaret

More on that ‘moment’ we’re supposed to be in …

16 April, 2008
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Actors and Acting
Posted by Kate Foy

I’ve written before about one of those phrases tossed round by acting folk: being in the moment. I recall the brilliant Dawn French using it in that sweet comedy series The Vicar of Dibley. ‘Geraldine’ was directing the parish’s nativity play. She’d dropped her vicarly garb, and was dressed in requisite directorial kit. All was

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