The Climbers

On December 15th we all met back at the Dandenong Community Arts Centre for a after show get together. There was lots of food and laughter.

Larry and I made the announcement to the group that we had been successful in receiving significant financial assistance (in the form of return airfares) to get some members of Fusion Theatre to Hong Kong for the IDEA congress in July 2007. This announcment caused much excitement and many people immediately expressed their desire to be counted in on that! We talked about the requirements of participants in the Hong Kong experience as representatives of Fusion Theatre and explained that there will be a process of interview and audition before a panel of three. 

After the excitement and questions died down a little, I asked if anyone wanted to contribute any final thoughts to the blog.

Here is what people said:

Jean-Marie: We’ve had a great year and the 10th anniversary year will be even better (2007) and we’ll do even more than we’ve done before. Some of us are even going to China which is exciting and wonderful. I really hope to go!

Mandy: I hope everyone has a great Christmas and New Year and I hope we have a great year of drama. I hope I get to go to Hong Kong.

Andy: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I’m thinking about how good we all are and especially thank-you to my dad, Joe, for all the work. (Joe was our lighting tech.)

Andrew: Great year! Great show!  See you next year. As for Hong Kong! Thanks for a once in a lifetime opportunity. I’ll do my best and give it my best shot.

Vicki: I liked being pandora. I wish everyone a happy Christmas and New Year and I hope I get picked for Hong Kong.

Debbie: I liked the show. Merry Christmas.

Paul: The Deakin students are nice to work with. They are like a part of the drama group. And kate is fantastic.Everybody just did a fantastic job.

We also had some awards -presented to each person with some words about their development of skills over the year and their part in the performance. We looked at photos of the performances and rehearsals of Museum Mythica - everyone had some to take home.

So- it is over for 2006 but we all look forward to 2007 with a sense of excitement and anticipation.

Thats all from me for 2006.

Warm wishes to all,

Jo

 

Hi there, this will be my last post for the year. Also i have a message for you…. wink. here

Hi everyone thank you for a great performance, my group from Knoxbrooke Centre was going to have to leave in the middle of our performance but they loved it so much that they stayed.Thank you Jo for some good skill’s I will see you all next year. 

                                                   Katrina

Well, the performances went off well. Congratulations to everyone! we got a lot of great feedback from our audiences.

As I watched I wondered at how early in the year we began with nothing but a vague idea and then out of our workshops, experimentation, exploration, discussions, improvisations and all the work we did this performance gradually emerged and was shaped and polished… well, sort of polished!

I’ll post up some photos soon.

It will be good to see everyone at the after party on Wednesday.

Jo

We had our last rehearsal and first run through in the theatre at Chandler last night. The new space took a bit of getting used to but we had a decent run with some adjustments to the different space. it is a lovely theatre space to work in. I met with Andy’s dad Joe before the rehearsal to go over the lighting for the show - he is very efficient and learned what we needed quickly!

Alex, Jean-Marie and Mandy came early to rehearse their scenes tonight.

We had another Deakin student - Karen, join us and we threw her in the deep end! She and Emma can assist backstage - they are getting things organised. Kate and Amara looked great in costume and Adric did admirably on sound.

There may be some nerves tonight! It is hot as well - 33 degrees so some sweating! Wish us well as the season finally begins!

Jo

Hi there,

Last week Jo was happy with our performance. She was so pleased that we have been foused and quicker then last 2 weeks ago. And i was pleased too that I have got the King Midas’s costume…. do I look sexy??? [cough cough] Tonight is our last dress rehearsal and tomorrow is the big day. Wish us a good luck.

And i might not be here for a while but if I dont send you a post pre to Xmas, I wish you a merry Christmas and have a wonderful new year.

Alex.

A press release for Fusion Theatre’s performance of Boxxed In has been added to the list of pages on the right. Click on it to read.

Jo

This was a rehearsal where I tried hard not to call out any instructions or reminders! Not easy but people have to think for themselves! On the whole it was pretty smooth - the few odd rough bits add a little character! We may manage to smooth them out on Monday!

Quick costume changes were causing some concerns - necks in arm holes and garments inside out -that kind of thing! A new Deakin uni student - Emma - joned the team for this rehearsal and will be helping stage manage and handle quick costume changes, props etc. YAY for Emma!

After the run through we had the famous tea break, I read the recent blog entries and asked for some final comments to go on the blog.

Here is what some people wanted me to write in the blog:

Debbie: It’s good!

Vicki: I’m feeling good about it. I haven’t performed since I was at school.

Andrew: Been there done that! I’m as cool as a cucumber! (Andrew is feeling great because of lots of performance experience.)

Pauline: I love everyone! People should come and see the performance. Especially people with disabilities.

Cheryl: I think families should come and watch our show.

Margot: I think Kevin is coming.

One more rehearsal and then the season! There is no turning back! Break a leg and all that!

Jo