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Benjamin Irvine & Daniel Lillford
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First Invited Dress Last Night, Preview Tonight!
A near capacity house last night, the cast knocked it out of the park.
In the annual Two Planks and a Passion fundraising auction, Michelin Tire has purchased all tickets for the dress rehearsal night four years in a row. Michelin employees and families are driving up the gravel road to the Ross Creek Arts Centre right up to showtime. Jamie nods, Nathan plays the marimba opening, the cast appears, and 95 minutes fly by.
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Rhys Bevan-John
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This isn’t a kids’ show, but it becomes obvious very quickly it’s family friendly. The audience is seated on both sides of the playing space, so it’s easy to watch reactions. Two very young girls in the front row get a smile on their face when they realise Jamie’s character, Lara, has to learn to ride a horse—among other things. An eight year old clutches a stick, which seems to have gone from being a light sabre to a broadsword for the evening. The whole audience starts smiling and straining to look when they realise we’re really going to bring a dragon on stage.
Post-show we take a collective breath and share some wine with the very appreciative Michelin crowd.
Today the cast is back at it, working the details. Daniel Lillford, who plays Gautr, is also a playwright. He’s been telling me the last two days to let the baby go, head off and sleep by the pond. I got an email this morning from friend and mentor, Bruce McManus in Winnipeg. Bruce has been reading the blog and offered roughly the same advice. So I spent a couple of hours walking the beach this morning, five minutes’ walk from Roxy’s house where I’m staying. I’ll take the night off, go hear our composer, Mark Adam, playing jazz tonight at Acadia University. Back for the preview tomorrow night.
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Jonny Thompson
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Jamie Konchak & Alexis Milligan
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