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5.3.06

i'm back in the world!

apparently the lost princess (the play i was playin' princess in @ S+S) didn't do too bad. it was some people's favourite, and frankly, i'm surprised that there were more than around 6 votes, considering the piece wasn't one that people went and "LOOOVED" straight away.

I'm so glad i got a chance to be part of a great team of performers who all got together to devise something. something that is bigger than the general self-indulgent happy plays. dont get me wrong, i love self-indulgence and performing in comedies, and i appreciate the ones that i saw, but sometimes it does feel special to be doing something that makes a direct statement. something that means something in society (even though not everyone got the real issue past the fairytale component or scratched much further below the surface).

this process made me appreciate the real joy of storytelling. alot of people liked washing the "oh, you are the princess, that was beautiful, it must be a dream to be able to dress that way etc." line, and i hated it. i know if i did well or crap, and being dressed up that and being lightly chatted to about the dress is like...a bit irrelevant. and frankly, i rather be the performers who get to do mask work. i LOVE masks as you may know already, and i would rather be a mask character than the "lead actress - the princess" who in so many words had to psuedo-mime the damn performance. i think i do not like being "the lead" in any way shape or form.

oh, i hugged another judge on today's show. i hope they don't think i'm a tool or trying to suck up...i didn't even know until someone came up to me and told me later on...TWICE in one run, i choose the JUDGE. heh...

a stranger came over and said she was very pleased to see an asian in the theatre...and was congratulated a few times by strangers. that's sweet.

apparently we had a "loose" invite to perform for primary school productions at riverside...and maybe, just maybe, get ourselves down for a short run in melb...i dont think they will 'happen', but it was good just to get invites. it feels nice that some people did find it topical.

i should sleep. it's getting late. i leave you with some happy snaps of our troupe through the process...
# posted by abbz @ 23:56 ::


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