Under the Gaslight - under the pump.

Tim Prosser | 10/10/2008 - 17:49

If you've never heard the expression 'under the pump', it means working under extreme pressure - and that's what's been going on for the past week or so down at The Old Mill. Here I am, sore and extremely weary, but also very happy indeed to have pulled it off yet again, and just in the nick of time too. As I left this afternoon to fall tiredly into a taxi cab, the floor was still wet, as were last minute touch-ups - but . . . IT'S FINISHED!

Many people popped in and lent a hand at times in the last week - Joe McCabe, Tony Ridout, Robert Vincent and others. Thank you all!
And my biggest thanks go to Hywel Williams, to whom no problem is too big to be overcome and who is, as always, an absolute pleasure to work with - which is just as well considering how much time we spend together down there at our second home.

Sally Barendse too, has been a pleasure to work with - although she does tend to panic a bit!

Do come and see Gaslight, won't you? I've been there for several rehearsals and can tell you it's a top quality production with some very fine performances. The leading lady, Mia, gives one of the most extraordinary performances I've seen in a long, long time - and if she doesn't pull a Best Actress nomination for it, then there's no justice in the world.

Anyway, I must dash. I'm now showered and freshly shaved (even found time to get rid of my mad professor long hair!) and am expecting the imminent arrival of the taxi cab to take me back down there.

I expect that the floor should be dry by now!

Cheers,

Tim Prosser.

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And a damn fine job this
Author: Robert Whyte
Date: 11/10/2008 - 09:31

And a damn fine job this man did too!

All the cast really appreciate your efforts Tim.

Cheers

Robert


And a Damn fine job...
Author: Norma
Date: 11/10/2008 - 09:53

 And so did last night's audience!


Thanks Robert. Having now
Author: Tim Prosser
Date: 11/10/2008 - 18:33
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Thanks Robert and Norma. Having now seen the finished product at last night's opening, I'm still bursting with pride in what a fantastic team effort has achieved through sheer dedication, passion and hard work. The set is one thing, but it would have been an awful waste of effort if there weren't a cast of very highly talented individuals to inhabit it and bring this well crafted and directed story to such magnificent life. I include in that cast of highly talented individuals those behind the scenes who researched and provided authentic apparel, who chose colours and located furnishings, who worked wonders with lighting and solved construction problems late at night when they were almost dead on their feet with exhaustion, who designed programs and who did a multitude of other things small and large and vital.

This has been one of the most enjoyable productions I've been involved in and I hope we all get to work together again, whether my part will be painting a set for you or acting with you . . . or both!

Spellbind them again tonight everyone. I'll be thinking of you all.

Tim.


gaslight highlights
Author: Gordon the Optom
Date: 12/10/2008 - 10:08

As Tim has said some awards may be appropriate, but on looking at Cukor's 1944 film version with Ingrid Bergman, there are several similarities with the Old Mill show. See this link.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036855/awards


Gaslight Highlights
Author: Norma
Date: 12/10/2008 - 11:16

You may well be correct Gordon - BUT  we did it on the smell of an oily rag and four people's dedication as opposed to the million dollar budget that the film company doubtless had at its disposal!


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