I don’t know what it was – the sun, the crowds, or the fact that we have a day off tomorrow, but whatever it was, I wish we could bottle it and imbibe often. The flyering was fun and almost effortless. We had over 80 people in the audience and it was our best audience • Read More »
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Day 8: Auntie Wilma
August 13, 2011 | By Ingrid | No Comments | Filed in: Edinburgh.Today’s performance was particularly exciting as we had a last-minute casting change. Our own Claudia from the production team took over the role of Uncle William and transformed the character into Aunt Wilma. A few lines had to be rethought at the last minute, but overall, the performance went well. The audience (70-some people today) • Read More »
Day 7: Thank heavens for sun
August 12, 2011 | By Ingrid | No Comments | Filed in: Edinburgh.The sun was out today. All I can say is thank goodness. It’s amazing what a difference a bit of warmth and sunshine makes. The Mile was teaming with people, our energy was back and people were genuinely smiling – flyerers and flyerees alike. We all felt back on top of things today – our • Read More »
Day 6: More rain
August 11, 2011 | By Ingrid | No Comments | Filed in: Edinburgh.It poured today. Shedloads. It is so hard to get out of a nice, warm bed and get into cold, wet shoes knowing that the next several hours out on The Mile are going to be cold and wet. Still, we did it. I’m not sure that we were able to convince the universe that • Read More »
Day 5: And it’s raining
August 10, 2011 | By Ingrid | No Comments | Filed in: Edinburgh.It rained today. A lot. We were out there, on the mile, giving things our best, but it was too wet for the guitar and we lost a lot of flyers to raindrops and puddles. We did make one amazing discovery: rain makes the most wonderful adhesive. Around midday, we took our rain-damaged flyers that • Read More »
Day 4: This takes energy…!
August 9, 2011 | By Ingrid | No Comments | Filed in: Edinburgh.We all felt a bit exhausted today. When we got out to the Mile, we just didn’t have as much energy as previous days. Our voices are going. We found ourselves so mesmerised by Hamlet House of Horror‘s singing we kept forgetting to talk to people…. Sure enough, this was reflected by a dip in • Read More »
Day 3: Our first non-preview performance
August 8, 2011 | By Ingrid | No Comments | Filed in: Edinburgh.Today was the day of truth. Would we actually be able to get an audience if people had to pay for tickets? We put a handful of tickets up on Theatre Ninja for free and both today and tomorrow, we’re selling tickets at two for the price of one, but still. It’s one thing to • Read More »
Day 2: Second Preview
August 7, 2011 | By Ingrid | No Comments | Filed in: Edinburgh, Previews.Today was a very. rainy. day. Yesterday there was a bit of drizzle, but at least it was warm. Today, it was cold. And wet. However, we were determined to stand our ground on the Mile. Weather was not going to take the fun out of flyering. Ohhhhh no. Given the miserable weather, we figured • Read More »
Virtual flyer
August 7, 2011 | By Ingrid | No Comments | Filed in: Edinburgh, Media.Have a look at our virtual flyer at Festival Previews!
Day 1: First Preview
August 6, 2011 | By Ingrid | No Comments | Filed in: Edinburgh.This is our company’s first year at the Edinburgh fringe, so we didn’t know what to expect in terms of audience numbers. We kept prices low for our previews, gave out vouchers for free tickets and put up some free seats on Theatre Ninjas. Some of our actors have performed at the Fringe before and • Read More »