Tonight saw the
last of my three Brighton Fringe dates, which was the best of the bunch.
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| The Quadrant: The Stage is Set (18.05.17) |
If you were to
ask me what I said at any given moment, I wouldn’t be able to give you
much detail, but at the very least, most of it felt right. Things started
to find their rhythm, and I didn’t feel there was anything that slowed momentum
down, bar two bits, one of which I don’t feel has actually been properly
written yet and the other might just need a slight rethink.
It was definitely
the best way to draw a line under my Brighton run as, if I’d had a dodgy one
tonight, it might have left me unsure as to what to do next. Yet again I’ve
discovered that the thing most likely to make sense of the material is to do it in front
an audience. That’s what gives the show life - and as long as I’m fairly
comfortable with the structure, I can have a bit of fun with it, giving an
energy that can never be there without a response.
Tonight my Brighton-based friend Cyndee was on the door, who offered support
throughout the evening, as well as someone to chat to beforehand so I didn’t feel I was
going into the show cold. We had a quick drink and a debrief afterwards, which
was nice - and now I find myself on the Gatwick Express speeding back to London.
I know there’s still plenty of work that needs to be done to the show, and I
could still benefit from a little direction, but at least I’ve broken the back
of it. Now I just need to drum up an audience for my various previews in June,
and to polish the beginning and the end of it, easing the transition from a
work-in-progress set to an actual show.