So, we begin the 7734 tour in Brighton at The Dome. After a week of technical rehearsal and a whole year of creation we finally get to show the piece to people! Real, living, breathing, ticket buying people! And, not just a handful this time - over 1000!
We’ve warmed up, done our hefty pre-set and the only thing left to do is get into our starting positions. As I lay there in my starting position I’m going to be honest, I was shaking… A LOT! The opening bars of the overture began and all I could feel was my body vibrating with a mixture of excitement and ‘oh please don’t let anything go wrong’ type thoughts.
Thankfully, very little went ‘wrong’. I have realised that this piece is a bit of a wild animal, you can know your lines, know your choreography and be in the right place at the right time - but the set is like an unpredictable assault course that constantly shifts, tangles and spreads. For the premiere, the set was pretty nice to me :) though I’m sure this is the start of the next level of my relationship with it and that you’ll hear more about that as the tour goes on! I can see potential for a falling out!
Anyway, the thing about having an audience in, is that suddenly there’s a lot of ‘new noise’ - i.e. coughing, clapping and laughing (no mobile phones yet… but when there are…). There are happy bits, there are sad bits, people make appropriate noises and unexpected ones too. It was really very nice to hear a reaction for the first time!
That’s my first tour blog to pretty much say - ‘and we’re off’! Thanks to everyone who came along to Brighton, this looks like it’s going to be an exciting tour. 7734 is GO! See you on the road!
Tim
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