I owe everyone a sort of apology. I keep saying things like "Sure, I can do that. I'll get to it this afternoon! Give me a second and I'll get it right to you!" And two days later I suddenly remember that I never did it at all...

Narnia goes to Plaza on Thursday. If I'm not working crazily over that than I am trying very hard to not get nervous or stressed over it. My ability to remember anything has plummeted. At least it's not half as stressful this time as it was last month, when I actually had to take a break from all and sundry forum team duties for two weeks!

In addition to being an apology, I've promised pictures to dozens of people. I will post pictures here, once the play is over, and this thread will serve to prick my memory and conscience every day until I do. And in a week or two I'll be back to my old self and you'll have a slightly more sane Council member to rely upon.

We totally understand, Katie.

And we also can't wait for those pictures!!!

All right, here's some pics. I'll have more eventually, when I get my website back, and the links from the photographer.

We're pretty sure we made back our expenses, which is an enourmous blessing. I don't have to regret doing this. I got to see my play tonight. I sat on the balcony with the tech guys and had headset communication to the stage so I could still help them out and see it from the audience's perspective. This is the first times in four months of rehearsal that I've seen my play. It was so beautiful. The kids did so good. They're easily as good as any other theatre I've ever been to. All these months of late night, high gas prices, Eddy's sickness, dropouts, irate parents, and overbearing superiors was more than made up for in those two hours on the balcony.

I'm going to kind of make an odd request, (since I have this thread here anyway.) This theatre has come so far since we started. No one expected us to outlive our first season, and this is our third. We're struggling, but we're succeeding. This is the first time we've performed in a theatre, rather than an old gymn, and our cast was bigger than anything we'd had before. And yet, it may be our last performance. And it seems to me, we've done so much good. We've changed the lives of dozens of children. We've taught them so much, and it seems a great tragedy to close up and go home the day after our greatest triumph. But we have no funding, no community support. Eddy told me tonight that we no longer have a rehearsal space. We have to deal with parents who seem to get progressively worse each season. Someone is spreading malicious rumours about my involvement. I might be going to college in the Fall, and I don't think Eddy has the will or the strength to do a season without me. So the odd request is, pray that the tide will turn somewhere. Every time we're successful new obstacles are thrown in our way. It's like a conspiracy to make us fail. Outwardly we're overcoming. Inwardly we're too tired to try to force our way through a fourth season. It just can't be that these three years have been for nothing. We're on the brink of success. How will we ever reach that if we just close our doors and go home?

Anyway, enough of that. Enjoy the pics, and there'll be more later. If anyone is really interested we are on Facebook somewhere. I don't have a link, since I'm not on Facebook but I think we're Glasgow Children's Theatre, and we've got a lot of pictures up there too. (At least, we're supposed to.)

Rotten Phone! It won't let me view the pictures! And I've been dying to see them! I'll be back tonight with my PC! *exasperated *

"As if from a dream..."
"Or a dream of a dream..."

I love it

That stone table really is a work of art! Nicely done I also like Aslan, a lot.

The white witch is perfect!

I so wanted to come see this, but I guess I will have to wait for some other time =( Great job Katie, and I will pray for the theatre!

eru

Oh yes, the stone table was. When it was first constructed it was still painted like white marble, from its days as the stairs before the palace of Thebes. (Antigone, 2010.) Sometime after our first performances in March we repainted it gray. At first the gray was too light, so we had to mix our own paint to get it the right shade.

Then, one night we got one of our fantasy writer actresses to bring her book of runes. I got out the black paint and paintbrushes, ended rehearsal early, sent little people to the opposite side of the room, and we started painting. About seven different people worked on it for an hour. I was quite proud of the result.

I think it is epic Although y'all will probably have to eventually paint over it for another set...

eru

Oh yes, just like all that beautiful winter and spring scenery...

Provided we ever have another set...

I'm glad things went so well, Katie. We will keep you all in our prayers. I did love the pictures though, thanks for posting them.

Those are beautiful, Katie. I can tell they did a fantastic job. I love the expression on their faces and in their postures! I'll keep y'all in my prayers.