Blogging The Rover: ... and the curtain closes.

The Company is an amateur theatre group with members across Sheffield and South Yorkshire. We have been established for over a decade and have developed a reputation for high quality theatre worthy of the professional stage. We perform three plays a year at The University of Sheffield's Drama Studio, a renowned intimate theatre venue. Our members are encouraged to give creative input at all stages of production including script writing, set design, stage management, directing and acting. Our next production is Aphra Behn's The Rover which will be in the Drama Studio from Wednesday June 18th until Saturday June 21st and at the Dore festival Wednesday July 9th.

This blog will contain the thoughts and feelings of those members of The Company putting together this production of The Rover.

Who is blogging here? John is our leading man playing Willmore, the eponymous 'Rover' he is also managing the production, ensuring that all the disparate creative and technical strands come together to produce a whole play. Cassandra is new to on stage work with The Company having previously been part of the epic crew for "Noises Off". Alison is the director and has also done some of the adaption work to ensure the audience can understand what is going on and that the dirty jokes really shine though. Tony is playing Ned Blunt and will be battling with being typecast as a bumbling idiot and comedy costuming.

Sunday, 22 June 2008

... and the curtain closes.

Well, last night was the final performance at the Drama Studio. The get-out was full of the usual chaos and teamwork and the party was just wonderful.

And I'm sad.

John summed it up perfectly with his 'speech' last night. The best part about The Company is the camaraderie, friendship, and teamwork.

And I'm going to miss it. More than I thought I would.
Don't get me wrong, it will be nice to get my life back and (as Emma said) have actual meals in the evening instead of whatever I can manage on the way to rehearsal/performance. But what a hole it's going to leave in my heart and life. I'm very thankful that we still have Dore to go, so it's not as abrupt an end as it could have been.

To everyone in the cast and crew, and especially our director Alison, thank you. Thank you for three months that I will treasure the memory of forever.

And I'll probably be quoting until my dying day. My heart? By all the little gods of love I swear it, I leave it with you.

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