This little Piggy is a hit at the Toronto Fringe Festival!

We had our Fringe debut yesterday afternoon at the Palmerston Library Theatre. How exciting! We had done our tech rehearsal about a week ago, and had done some re-writing over the course of the week, so I didn’t know what to expect!

The cast and crew were like a well-oiled machine! By the time I got there with my youngest daughter everone had unloaded my husband’s car and they were warming up, waiting to get into the theatre. My husband and oldest daughter were there with 100 beautifully designed and folded “PIGBILL” programmes (thank you Michael Karst!), ready to hand out.

Once the doors opened everything went like clockwork — the backdrop was hung, the set pieces arranged on the spiked floor and everyone in make up and costume. The cast then came out into the audience in costume and chatted with the kids, warming up the crowd with piggy hijinks!

At exactly 3:45pm the house lights went down and the show began! Fortunately, the band (accordian, clarinet and baritone) had stand lights so they were able to read their music (always handy!).

What an amazing first show. Everybody hit their marks, props, notes, cues, quick changes, lighting and lines! And the magic that happens when everything pulls together with everybody together — cast/crew/band/audience — began. I like to sit at the back and watch the audience. The kids were mesmerized! What a great show (if I do say so myself!).

We have shows coming up this weekend, all next week, and next Saturday. Tickets are going fast — we’ve sold out most of our pre-sells but there are still 50% of the tickets held for day-of-show sales so come and drop by!

Oink!

Technorati tags: