Monday, October 02, 2006
On Our Feet
What a great fun and full weekend!
It started out Friday evening after work. I had run at lunch, so when I got home from work I'd have time to quickly eat and wash and dry my hair before rehearsal. It was our first rehearsal with Graham, our director. We read through Act 1 and the first half of Act 2, and then we worked through Act 1 bit-by-bit. What a productive evening! It was great to see that Graham has a strong vision of the show and he added a lot of great and fun insights for everyone. It certainly gives us all a lot more to work with!
After rehearsal, a handful of us went out to The Somerset Pub for a bit. Stephen was singing Jazz along with Richard Kidd et al. Very nice atmosphere with the jazz there. It's a wonder that more people don't go to check it out. It wasn't a late night as I was pretty beat after a full day of work and such a productive rehearsal. Also , I knew we had a full day ahead of us on Saturday.
Saturday morning I got to rehearsal at 10:30. Jeff and I spent about half an hour working out blocking and running through our Flavia and Phillip entrance scene. Then we spent the rest of the day blocking all of Act 1. I think it's going to be a LOT easier to block stuff once we have things taped off and have some more props to work with. It was a super-productive day and by the time we were done (5:00 PM)I was so ready for a nap.
I headed home and ran into Alex (who's home for the weekend) and then Colin, who was heading to O'Leary's to cheer Cliff on as he MC'd the Germain Street Open auction. I got a solid hour of sleep in - didn't even move! Then Chad called and said he'd seen a commercial for Swiss Chalet and wondered if I was interested in grabbing a bite to eat there before heading to see The Black Dahlia. So, I had time to stop in at O'Leary's and catch up with Colin and Beth for an hour and then Chad picked me up and we ate at Swiss chalet and enjoyed a film we've both really been wanting to see. I just love James Elroy's stuff and I really like things that are set in the 40's. The movie started out great (and was very reminiscent of L.A.Confidential) but by the third act it started to fall apart and just seemed over-the-top. Still, though, I was glad I'd seen it. It's been a while since I've seen a movie in the theatre. I think Superman was the last one.
Sunday morning I did a bit of tidying, then ran errands such as groceries in the early afternoon. Lisa and I had a great workout at the gym later that afternoon. I'm glad we're working out together - it keeps me going even when I'm not feeling motivated.
I got a phone call out of the blue from Jeff White, who I haven't seen in years. He was in town for work and called to see if I was interested in catching up over supper. We walked down to Mings, but they weren't open. Then we tried Taco Pica - also closed. And then we got chatting about Suwanna. He'd never been there, so we hopped in my car and headed over to the west side in the hopes that it was open. It was and man was I glad we went there! They are still my favrourite restaurant in the the city by far. We had an awesome meal and it was just great to catch up with him!
I spent some time working on some personal development stuff for work, then spent a bit of time doing some character homework for Noises Off, using some of the new information we'd gotten over the weekend. I wrote out what Belinda thinks of all the other characters for Act 1 and Act 2. It was a fun exercise.
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