Those in Bath may have noticed or even seen that there was a local production of Ben Hur on at the Theatre Royal. There were a few professionals like the costume and set designer, obviously all the staff at the theatre to help out but making the costumes, props and all the actors were all local people volunteering their time for a chance to be part of a professional production so it was a great experience for everyone involved and for me to see the inner working of the theatre and being backstage really excited me.
I've been backstage at theatres before but only small ones back home taking part with dancing shows either being in them or for the past couple of years helping out back stage. But this was something else. Seeing how long it can take to rehearse, 3hours for only one scene at one point!!! 13hrs days and being there for 90hrs in just one week did made me appreciate my 4hour days at uni but it still hasn't put me off a life in theatre because tech week is only one week per production and it nice to see the long hours of work pay off, seeing the actors on stage wearing costumes that I’ve either just assisted with or some of them I made completely and so it was a very satisfying experience.
So I seem to ramble and hopefully that's enough for now but if I can work out how gonna try and put up some photos of some of the costumes I made for the show. So as gossip girl says, xoxo.
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