Messing around
In my post a few days ago about my experiences as a cast member of Die Fledermaus (goodness me, that sounds pretentious!), I mentioned the silliness which we got up to behind the scenes during Act One. Silliness is often an important, or at least prominent, part of the rehearsal and performance process, but I don’t want to give the wrong impression on this. There are definitely limits, and when it comes to these limits, I am a bit of an ogre.
Under no circumstances should you do anything to jeopardise any aspect of the show.
Never ever. Not even a little bit. Backstage pranks are good. Enjoying yourself on stage is good. You do need to do something to pass the time when you’re not on stage. But this should never affect your performance or the performance of anyone else. The audience has paid good money to see the show, and (unless it’s a pantomime), they don’t want to see people trying to make each other laugh, or inappropriate comedy props appearing on the stage. ‘In jokes’ mean nothing to the paying punters and often aren’t even funny to those in the know.
Let me give you an example. A real one. Continue reading
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