The fairytale continues

Dearest theatre practionishers, First we needed a stage, check! Then we needed a cast, almost check! I’m delighted to say that after our first round of auditions we have an almost full complement of enthusiastic ‘pumped up kicks’ fairytale characters. All we need now is a DASHING PRINCE, and an out of the closet KNIGHT OF THE ROUND TABLE aspirant. If we can capture these two characters our story can begin. Beyond that, we need just about everything else (please refer below). Now, those reading on, may find the words ‘ this is not how you do theatre,’ sprinting across your frontal lobes, and yes, I do agree, however, sometimes we homeless theatre urchins must do things arse about, and in doing so create an opportunity for a BUDDING DOCUMENTARY MAKER to record the trepidations of our merry band of urchins. A complete box set of ‘How not to go about producing a blockbuster of sorts’ beckons… For a number of our cast, this will be their first out of school production, and hark the herald angel’s sing; don’t we wish to encourage young people to our world of make belief? Well here’s our BIG chance. As it stands at present, we have a lovely theatre, with a beautiful stage, a proscenium arch and soft velvet curtains…actually, it doesn’t have any of those things… it’s just a space…a very big space…almost rivalling the MCG, and being the writer of said fairytale has included seventeen scenes, that take us from the Village square to various locations in the King’s castle, through to the Enchanted Forest and the shores of Nickleby, our writer / director would love some input from seasoned SET DESIGNERS. On top of that we need a ‘trip the light fantastic’ LIGHTING TECH, who can darken the spaces where we can’t afford to install props…we also need a SOUND GURU who can do whizzy things with bad acoustics. We need advice from PROP BUILDERS on how to make an unseaworthy boat that has a mast and a sail made of old underpants…even better if said PROP BUILDER can have it sail across the ocean stage…we need kind and generous COMMUNITY THEATRE’S to help us out with props and dressing our medieval troupe. A STAGE MANAGER, a COSTUME WIZARD and a MAKEUP artist, now that would be taking the Fairytale off into another universe… Re-reading the above, I think I’ve covered our next seventeen steps… hopefully, I’ll hear back from some of you… how does it go Donkey? I believe, I believe, I believe! Johnny Grim Away with the fairies productions 0430 889 789 johnnygrim@optusnet.com.au