Last pre-theatre rehearsal

Having a stand-in pianist for the last pre-theatre rehearsal made this evening’s rehearsal completely pointless. It wasn’t the pianist’s fault – he was reasonably good – but had never been to a rehearsal and therefore wasn’t familiar with the tempo of various numbers so there were several moments when we were a couple of bars ahead of the piano which was very off-putting. Needless to say, performances have been a little lacklustre this evening. After seven months of rehearsing for this show, I think we’re all in need of that little shot of adrenaline that comes with finally being in the theatre.