... to Ruth Ellis. It's no coincidence that the Cardiff Players chose the opening night of The Thrill of Love to be on this particular date.
Yes, tonight is the opening night of Amanda Whittington's play, receiving its Welsh premiere. It's been an intense fortnight of building, painting, rehearsing, videoing, editing, more rehearsing - culminating in the full dress rehearsal last Tuesday which proved beneficial as members of the Players were in attendance to give their views. In light of this, certain modifications needed to be made (especially with regard to video cues) which I have corrected accordingly.
From my point of view this has been a steep and not exactly easy learning curve; having to become familiar with a new cueing program which isn't exactly intuitive takes some doing, especially given the complexity of some of the video cues. Many a time in rehearsal I nearly gave the director a nervous breakdown, but have consequently learned from those errors (and better to have them exposed then, rather than in front of a paying audience... or the author!).
So, I'm hastily typing this while shovelling a budget curry down my gullet, before heading off to assist with last minute preparations. Ah theatre!
So raise your glasses to Ruth Ellis - not only did her actions affect an important change in the law but also inspired a great play of which I am proud to be involved with.
Happy Birthday Ruth.
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