Monday night at Downstage Theatre in Welly: my dear friend Eric is part of the Pecha Kucha lineup, talking about the show wot I wrote, Affair of the Diamond Necklace. A Pecha Kucha night is an event format in which presenters show a slideshow of 20 images, each of which is shown for 20 seconds. … Continue reading Pecha Kucha Diamond Necklace
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace is coming back to Wellington in December. There was an August show, which I’ve written about before. We’re back for another go Saturday December 12. A full evening of interactive entertainment including Vector Orchestra performance and a very nice meal. Will be an excellent night I’m sure! We’ve been … Continue reading Diamond Necklace: Back Again
Thoroughly caught up in the world of Marie Antoinette for The Affair of the Diamond Necklace, which is on Saturday evening. Today, I smashed a plate by letting it fall from my head. That’s a new one. But the dances are going rather well I think. There are still tickets to be had, if anyone … Continue reading Smashed plates and diamonds
Went to interactive theatre piece Apollo 13: Mission Control last week. It’s on a third season in Wellington and has toured around the country and to Oz; tours further abroad are being planned. It’s been hugely successful, and deservedly so. The basic setup: the show takes place in Mission Control for the Apollo 13 mission. … Continue reading Apollo 13: Mission Control
Edit: we’re on tonight! Yesterday the afternoon was spent in the Hippopotamus restaurant, filming a segment for TV3’s Nightline late edition news show. Nightline does like its quirky culture bits to round off the evening, and we’re lined up for Monday’s show tonight’s show! We had five costumed performers enjoying High Tea, improvising like mad … Continue reading Marie Antoinette on Nightline
So I’ve been directing the rehearsals for the Affair of the Diamond Necklace remount (December 12! One Show Only!) and have found it an interesting and challenging experience. I don’t have much experience with directing of any sort. Back in high school for the odd short bit, but since then – nothing. Steep learning curve! … Continue reading Directing as editing
Over the weekend we held auditions for Affair of the Diamond Necklace. One of our lovely performers is unfortunately unavailable for the remount, so we needed to recast promptly. It’s the first time I’ve been involved in auditions and it was really quite tricky. Everyone who auditioned was great and would own the part. I … Continue reading Auditions are hard
Regarding tne short-stories target for the year, I’m on track. I have eleven complete stories drafted and one more in progress, with two months to go. Note that there’s still a ways before I hit target, as the original plan was to only count stories as done when I am comfortable submitting them places. I’m … Continue reading Writing Update: October
Regarding tne twelve-short-stories target for the year, I’m finally hitting par with this set of written pieces: – “The Tape” – “Buckets” – “Babel” – “The Twelve Times I Drank Too Much” – “Lift Story” – “The Apotheosis of Melvin Rameka” – “Inappropriate Boss” – “The Intervention Upstairs” – “The Confessions” Not a single one … Continue reading Writing Update: September
Still working on tne twelve short stories target for the year. Either finished or in a late-stage draft: – “The Tape” – “Buckets” – “Babel” – “The Twelve Times I Drank Too Much” – “Lift Story” – “The Apotheosis of Melvin Rameka” Notes ‘n’ scratchings ‘n’ failed drafts: – “Walking story” – “Confession” – “The … Continue reading Writing Update: July/August