The Wind in the Willows

Now, at ten to twelve on a regular Wednesday night, a quick update on how the play went. I've been in a constant state of 'writiness' ever since the last night, for I've had to finish my uni work, work-work and catch up on emails and the like. Hence, I've grown pretty tired of touching my keyboard every day.
Anyway, first of all the play went very very well. At least, the last two nights that is. The first night was on Tuesday, and it was the first actual dress rehearsal we'd had at all. We couldn't get into the theatre because "The Picture of Dorian Gray" was on the week before. So on Tuesday, 7.40 I hopped on stage as my first minutes of Rabbit commenced. (There was a Weasel, a Man and a Fieldmouse to follow) Considering I had the second line of the whole play I wasn't surprised I was experiencing some nervousness resulting in a slight case of leg jitters. But I quickly found the fun in being on stage and forgot about the audience altogether. There were a couple of mistakes and slight screw ups during the rest of the night, but not as bad as some of the rehearsals used to turn out. Luckily none of the awkward moments were caused by me (though there were plenty of scenes that made me feel awkward, but that was wholly due to the fact that I can't sing--the Christmas carolling fieldmice scene-- and I can't pull off a cockney accent--the weasels in court scene--) On Thursday and Friday, which was the last night (and incidentally our best night) some of my best friends were in the audience and even though that was pretty frightening they were all clapping and laughing. Again I realise how much I like being on stage! I might not be a very good actor, but just being part of an acting troupe and putting something entertaining together is pretty cool.


The whole Wind in the Willows cast; Mole, Rat, Badger, Toad, Horse, the Otters, Rabbits, Weasels, Humans and Hedgehogs
Don't I look masculine?
and here 3 of the 4 main characters, Toad, Moley and Ratty. (all girls by the way, although the play mainly consists of male animals, there were only 2 men in the cast! and all my characters were boys too.) Too bad the performance dates of the play were just before the Easter Break, some people (including a few friends) couldn't attend (to their and my disappointment) but those who did come to see it loved it.
The after party was a great success as well, but we all felt quite sad it was over. And I do admit, I really miss having to go to rehearsal every day, even though I used to complain about it all the time! This flopsy will definitely take the stage again some day.