In Limelight

Today was the first day of tech work for the school play. I rocked up around 12:00 and went to lunch After a healthy Hungary Jacks meal we went back to school to start painting the set. There wasn’t much to do with the set so AB and I started to organise the lights but found that we didn’t have enough working profiles so we decided to repair some of them. We only got one repaired because of the lack of parts, so we now have 5 profiles out of a possible 12.

Today was the last day of term which meant that it was the last chance to get the work ready that needs to be done for the holiday rehearsals for R&J. The day started with a big school assembly which was easy to have the lights and sound ready for but then afterwards I spent ½ the day laying out the black floor on the stage which is annoying because it ways a tone and is kept I n this tiny crawl space under the stage which has water all over the floor because the air-conditioning is leaking. Then spent 2ish hours bringing the trusses for the set over to the hall from the storage container, which is about 300m away. And to finish the day I had another assembly to look after. So I didn’t have to go to any classes today which was good but it then means that I am paying school fees to do a hole days work and not actually do anything like math or English. They should just give me a job there!

To night was the night for the year 10 play (called Unman, Witering and Zigo). After spending the last week or so working on the lights for the play it all payed off. I executed every Q perfectly. I even had the director and other staff members comment on how good the lights were. Anyway enough about going on how good i am……. The actors still have to learn to stand on the light. Well most were good except for in cretin scenes when there was just a single spot on them and they stood around the edge of the light and not in it.