Opening night nerves?

In my previous post I was worried about how things would go. Well here we are three days later, we've built (and taken away again) two theatres in two different schools, done two dress/tech rehearsals and performed two brilliant opening nights of The Tempest - with two different casts to two separate groups of 200+ East London year 7 and 8s.

And that's just the start of it!

By the end of the tour these 27 young actors will have performed to over 2000 people in 9 different venues in the space of 11 days.

I'm sure there will be the odd hiccup along the way, that sort of punishing schedule would put pressure on even the most seasoned professional actor. But so long as we take a breath, regain our focus and carry on I'm sure we will be fine. When one of the young actors stumbled everso slightly on a line yesterday, this is exactly what she did: took a breath, regained her focus and started the line again - delivering it, and the rest of the show perfectly. I couldn't have been more proud. If we as a team can take a leaf from her book I know the 2000+ audience members from every corner of London will see the thrilling show these young actors are capable of.