Up at 8:30 for briefing.
10AM Tech rehearsal.
2:15PM Venue visit, learning protocol, meeting people.
3PMish Beautiful beautiful lunch.
4PM First preview of first show to go up! Exciting!
5PM HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT: Went from Pleasance to Underbelly, got fliers, went to Udderbelly WITHOUT GETTING LOST, and in TWENTY ONE MINUTES. Oh, victory.
5:30PM Udderbelly press launch. Shaking hands, getting drinks, handing out opportune fliers, seeing snippets of shows - the E4 Udderbelly is a giant purple upside-down-cow-shaped tent in the middle of a very lovely square.
7:30PM Tech rehearsal for a different show, this one in a venue that used to be a bank vault, complete with dripping ceilings.
10PM Another Press Launch, this one in a super snazzy building, more drink-getting and hand-shaking, too too loud, long walk home. BED. NOW. That's a fifteen hour day, folks.
Two lessons learned:
"It's the Fringe."
"You never know..."
Bonus lessons:
Alcohol goes great with theatre.
Any space in this city larger than twelve feet by twelve feet has the potential to be a venue. However, a venue cannot exist without a bar.
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