21st November 2024

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Saving the Show

saving the show

We all like to think we’re absolutely indispensable, especially in the theatre world. There’s the old adage “the show must go on,” so we push ourselves to get tours into theatres where they barely fit, come to work even when we’re not feeling well because who else can run the show? Once, an actress asked what the A1 and A2 would do if one of us were sick. I told her that whoever’s not sick would mix the show, so she asked what happened if we were both sick. I replied, “then whoever’s less sick mixes with a trashcan at FOH.” Thankfully neither of us ever had to do that, but everyone on the road has a war story of doing a show despite illness or injury, bragging how quickly they came back or how stoically they soldiered through.

Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Announces 2022 Nominees

Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Announces 2022 Nominees TheatreArtLife

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have announced the names of the nominees for 2022. Following the autumn ceremony in 2021 that went ahead as a hugely successful and flamboyant in-person event, hopes are high for the 2022 awards. The 2022 nominees The first round of 17 nominees for the 2022 induction have been […]

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