Week 7, Part 1

Transitions. Vitally important in a play such as Love in the Time of Social Networking. Well, vitally important given the manner in which we have chosen to stage it. If the transitions are poor, the whole play suffers no matter how good the scenes. People remember the bad. And the good. But mostly the bad. So we have to nail our transitions. This means practice. And more practice. And more practice. We practiced so much that the cast hate the transitions and I hate the cast. But they look good. Which is all that matters.

Being in the final week means that the panic is setting in. Not about the production per se. I have total faith in my cast and crew and am confident that the play is good. We are all still laughing regularly (intentionally, of course) and rehearsals continue to be productive and enjoyable. No, the panic concerns the one thing that every play needs – an audience. It doesn’t matter if you have the greatest play ever with the greatest actors ever. If you don’t have an audience, it will all be for nothing. The word is out there in print and online. But we  need word converted to ticket sales and that is mostly out of our hands. So if you haven’t booked yet, please do. It’ll put our minds at ease. Contact neonfringe@gmail.com or book through axis (www.axis-ballymun.ie or 01 - 8832100). 

We have built it, you need to come.