OUR FINAL WEEK

 

Strange situation. Seems light years away at the start, then it just flies and here we are now. We've done a lot of shows, had a few dramas, had amazing audiences, lovely criticism and its been a brilliant journey. We have 4 more shows - 2 extra "normal" ones, plus a Corporate Event and a Charity Evening. An eventful final week.

 

Last shows last Frid and Sat were great. Friday because we began slow and had to encourage the audience and draw them in, and Saturday because similarly the audience were a little reserved. I loved that one particularly. Its been my favourite show so far. Now got 4 chances this week to top that and I'm gonna give it my best shot.

 

A friend of my Mum's is over from Australia and she came to see us last Tuesday. She liked it so much she made some truffles and brought them all the way out to Roslin for us. They were delicious. She's known me since I was wee and has seen a few things I've done now and she really loved MSD. That means a lot.

 

Don't think the audience is gonna be full tonight so it'll be interesting what happens. We started with a few smaller audiences and it was nice to build up to sell-outs. It might be a shock to see less in the crowd tonight, but they've all paid their money so we have to give it our all, as usual.

 

A lot of people have been interested in what the company is doing next. For the record, it is "The Canterville Ghost" - an Oscar Wilde story adaptation. We now have a core audience, a growing mailing list, and a lot of email contact with people and organisations interested in Nonsenseroom. It'll be healthy to keep building the audience - amazing that its taken as little as under 4 years to establish and grow such a thing - now there is a tradition of theatre at Rosslyn Chapel - one of the best performance spaces in Scotland - and the company should be proud of this. It listens to its audience and hopefully in tandem with them it can produce better and better shows in the years to come. And because of the ambition, the dedication, the talent and excitement of the company, its members and supporters, I want to be involved whenever possible.