No More Shows!!!

So today was the last day of shows. I am all done working with people. It was a great experience, but hellish at the same time. I got some neat job offers, but I probably won't get to take advantage of any of them. I worked hard, and I hope that most people appreciated my work. I enjoyed most of it, there where a few people who didn't seem to appreciate my work, but I tried to offer them all that I could. I had a good time, and I was in Scotland. There is not much better than that. I am planning to celebrate tonight, by consuming a bottle of wine. Ahh, it will be nice.

Cheers,

HARVY

Miss Julie

SO I just popped over to another venue (C Electric) to see one of my favorite plays, or rather a play by my favorite playwright. Miss Julie by August Strindberg. It was a really bad translation, but the actors handled it well. I must say that the sexual promiscuity covered for some of the lack of misogyny in this adaptation. The power John exerts over Miss Julie in their tryst is almost enough to make up for the strong willed and independent portrayal of Christine. But this is just my opinion. And I read Strindberg as a man very angry with the other sex. Of course, he is the one who once wrote that the goal of woman was to subvert man, and the goal of man to crush woman. In all, it was an alright play, but not worth the £8.50 for the ticket.

HARVY

:-D

These are the performances that I have enjoyed. I have enjoyed working with them (for the most part) also.

http://www.munichshakespearecompany.com/
http://www.blackforesttheater.org/
http://www.ojemba.com/productions/korczak/
http://www.danceformsproductions.com/

There are probably more, but they don't have websites.

HARVY

Wanker.

Wanker is a great word. Bloody wanker a great phrase. I have found it useful in describing someone I have delt with from a certain unamed company. I can't give you any details, other than that this person has given me (personaly) an invoice for a piece of equipment lost/stolen due to said person's negligence. I was very tempted to hand this person a copy of the contract signed by this person which states, quite clearly, that the company I work for (and myself) are not responsible. Then hand this person a list of rules (which have been provided to everyone) with certain sections highlighted to point out this person's failure to up hold portions of the contract. Then present this person with an invoice for the amount of money we are not charging them (but should). I am tempted to do all of these things, because this person has paid about the same amount of money to bring a show here, that I have PAID to WORK here. Bloody wanker.

HARVY

Shows

I was just informed that the fall lineup of shows for my college has changed. From two shows to five shows. The last show? Is my Senior project. So far as I know, I am the only Props master at the school. So unless they hired someone new, I get to do five. I am a little bit screwed.


HARVY

Did you know?

Did you know:

A: If you drop an iris from 40 feet, it will break into a million pieces?

B: When I tell you that leaving your crap here is a risk, and other people might break it, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING YOUR SHIT WHEN SOME OTHER ASSHOLE LOSES IT.

C: Just because I am nice to you, it does not mean I have to be nice to you, and I can stop being nice to you whenever I feel like it.

D: I am a FUCKING VOLUNTEER. I don't HAVE to do JACK SHIT for you and your FUCKING COMPNAY.

E: If you try my patience, I will FINE YOUR ASS to the tune of about 3,000 quid.

F: If someone elses is paying for time, you can't just take it from them because you feel like it, AND YOU DAMN WELL better PAY for said time IF the other people are NICE enough to give it to you. THIS IS A FAVOR AND YOU DO NOT DESERVE IT.

G: You are all BIG people now. If you break someone elses $7,000 Grand Piano, it is your fault. You must pay to have it fixed. Especailly if you AND YOUR DUMB ASS, droped a BLOODY MICROPHONE STAND INTO THE BLEEDING PIANO. Because that means that your HAD to OPEN THE FUCKING THING to do so, AND YOU SHOULD NOT DO THAT.

H: It is NOT NESSECARY to remove a Gobo in order to move a light. If you DO move a Gobo, and it does not belong to you, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING IT BACK. And whenever you mess with the FUCKING LIGHT GRID you MUST tell me SO THAT I CAN FIX ALL THE SHIT YOU FUCK UP.

I: Calling me at midnight, and asking me to come into the theatre to help you set up at 3:00 in the morning is fine, BUT YOU HAD BETTER BE THERE TO SET UP OR I WILL FINE YOUR ASS.

J: Calling me on my cellphone to yell at me about a problem I HAVE ALREADY FIXED while I am trying to fix a second problem WHICH YOU HAVE CAUSED is unacceptable. And you are a jackass.

K: I am not responsible for promoting your show. It is your dumbass show. If you didn't think about it until the last minute, it is not my problem.

L: It is not my fault nobody wants to see your stupid show. You picked the show, you picked the actors, you picked the design, you fucked up not me.

M: If you leave your crap in my way, and I have to clean it up, I WILL FINE YOUR ASS.

N: If the people around you make to much noise, tough. I'm sorry, but they have a right to perform their show. If you want to cancel your show, fine. But I'm not going to refund your money because other people disturbe you.

O: No, I cannot make the sun stop shinning for you. I am not Apollo. I cannot do that.

P: If you tell me what your problem is, I will try to fix it. But if you do not tell me what you need, I can't help you. I am not a telepath. I don't read minds.

Q: Patrons are noisey. I'm sorry. There is nothing I can do about it.

R: I spent almost as much money to come here as you did. Don't whine to me about having to pay a bunch of money to come here, cause you don't have to work all day. Bugger off.

S: Not all British people are "Bourigouse Fucking Wankers" but the ones that are, really, really are.

T: Just because they are from a different country, does not make them brillient. Quite often, it makes them bloody wankers. Especially when they are stars in their own country, and nobody here knows who they are. That is probably why the show is selling poorly. I don't care how big they are in the Ukrane.

U: Women's bathrooms are shitholes. Literly. I have never seen anything more disgusting than this women's bathroom.

V: I don't HAVE to clean the bathroom for you. It is not my bathroom, I don't use that bathroom, if you want it clean, do it yourself. In fact, your not even supposed to BE IN that bathroom, so piss off.

W: If you move/regel/refocus a light, put it back the way you found it before you leave, or I will hunt you down, and not kill you. Because, it can be so much more painful to remain alive.

X: If you tell a whiny director that you have ordered a "quiter jackhammer" for the construction crew on the other side of the wall from his theatre, he will believe you and stop whinning.

Y: I cannot make Gobo holders appear out of thin air. I don't have them stashed up my ass.

Z: I'm sorry. There are 2,000 shows here. You will not sell out every day. You will not make any money. If you break even, it will be a mirical.

Rehearsal

I have over 24 hours straight of rehearsal!!! Yeah, I go in to work at 8:00 Sunday morning. I get back from work at 5:00 Monday night. I have rehearsal's all day on Sunday, then a 4:00am rehearsal for a group which runs right up to their first performance at 11:00, then I performances all day until about 5:00. It ought to be real fun. Oh, and I have a sinus problem. Some sort of sinus infection or something, but I have a bottle of whiskey, so I should be fine. Ah me. The Joys of the life Theatrical. It reminds me of the musem exhibition on Toulouse Lautrec that I saw at the Chicago Musem of Art. I don't have any new pictures. So I am going to leave now. Night.

Cheers,

HARVY