Follow Spot
I just started my job at school. It was to a certain extent painful. I’ve never had to sit in a chair for such an extended period of time and having to keep alert with nothing much to do in between. I work the follow spot. I only had two 5 minutes break and an hour dinner break (where they bought us pizza!) in a 12 hour work period.
But it was such a learning experience. After working in theatre for so long, I’ve finally been able to see how light is created on stage starting with the blank canvas, in other words a black stage. The 4th semester students were great! The showcase was set in a fairytale like environment with songs from Sondheim and Cinderella and many more fun songs. It will be playing evenings this week into the weekend, so I’ll probably not have much time to myself. Hey, but I’ll earn some extra pocket money. =)
