Last week was very busy and successful due to my show at Arches Live. We began to install our technical on the Sunday, Monday was our company get-in and technical rehearsal and then we performed Anmut on the Tuesday and Wednesday.
The show was a huge success! I was quite worried during the first performance as the audience were as still and focused as Katy and I were on the stage. There was therefore no way of being able to judge how well the piece was being received. Interestingly on both nights we received a round of applause - at the end of the show the performers go back to pacing the room (as they did at the beginning of the show), the house lights come up and the door is opened for the audience to exit. In other words, there is no clear end to the show and no bow for the performers. However, I'm secretly quite happy we got applause each night as it showed that the audience really wanted to acknowledge their feelings.
I've also had great comments from colleagues, friends and family. LJ and Jackie from the arches were both really pleased with the piece and we got some great reviews from Mary Brennan in The Herald and Joyce McMillan in The Scotsman. See below:
http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Theatre-reviews-Coma--Anmut.6548145.jp
http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/stage-visual-arts/colourful-food-for-thought-1.1057152
It's now on to full concentration mode for Ditto for me. However, as I had such a positive response to Anmut, I'm hopeful that it won't be the end of the road for this piece. If you missed it - hopefully it will be on again very soon!
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