The theatrical ‘get-in’ is a bit like moving house. You arrive at your new home early in the morning with all your worldly possessions piled in the back of a van. Before you can unload, you need to deal with all the stuff the previous residents didn’t take with them.
There’s furniture to be unloaded, lights to be put up, and the sound system to be installed. Inevitably, something doesn’t quite fit and you don’t know where the kettle is. Junk food is eaten! Tomorrow, the rest of the family arrives, and you’re throwing a huge party in less than a week. So, this needs to get done, no matter how long it takes.
Ross, Freddy and the backstage crew unload, lift, carry, assemble, adjust, move, jiggle and trim. It’s going to be a long day – a very long day. When you’re done, it’ll look great. The guests will be amazed. But no one will realise quite how much work it took, and then, it all needs to come down again.
Thanks to Tom at Wicked Productions and Mandy at The Woodville.
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