WEEK 11 ( Christmas Show Week )

Monday 14th December

Today I arrived to college at 9:00 for an early start to work on the show, which I am stage manager for. We did a run through of the cues Aladdin which took us up until 1. I was unsure on how to cue each lighting/ sound but with help from a class mate I managed to note down every cue.

Tuesday 15th December

This morning we ran through level 1 tech then a practise run through afterwards. As level 1 didn't have a script it was very difficult to cue anything but I tried my best and I had help from a class mate. After, we ran through Aladdin which went really well. I stood by the lighting desk giving cues to backstage, lighting and sound. As it was my first time as a stage manager I got the hang of it pretty quickly and felt less panicked when the performance was happening.

During the shows I was told to sit at my desk and only communicate with backstage and give them set cues through the radios. I felt really relieved because I had less cues to focus on and it meant that I could pay attention on communicating with backstage. Overall it the shows went smoothly however I wish I was prepared more in future.

I carried out my target well this week, which was to try my best at the DSM role, it was nice to experience the role and i hope to be given the role in the future so now i know what to do.

Target: My target for after the christmas break is to carry on completing all tasks to the best of my ability.