Last night we put on the second of our regular Fat Fox Productions new material sessions - feels like a while since the last one but it's only been a month or so. In that month I've toured the solo-ish show with Claudia and then written the Christmas show, which is now in it's second week of rehearsals. Meanwhile, my fellow Fat Fox-er Izzy has been to India, so as you can imagine this wasn't the most prepared show we've ever put on. Add the fact that we lost a comedian (due to lack of actual new material) and guest musician (due to the fact he's done his back in and was high on morphine) and you could be forgiven to assume this wasn't going to be a particularly strong night. But strangely enough, it was - material wise we staged two festive monologues I've written, 'The Sleigh' and 'The Date With Santa' for the first time, and sandwiched in between them was a play I wrote entirely on Wednesday evening, 'Love & Legalities.' Izzy worked hard last night - she was on stage for pretty much all of it, as well as hosting, but she kept the audience interested throughout. 'Love & Legalities,' also featured myself as (wait for it...) an awkward weirdo, but it worked a treat - really happy with this piece actually, especially as it was written so quickly, I'll give it a re-write, un-Christmas it a bit and try and do more with it next year I think - there's potential for that little love(ish) story to grow. It wasn't supposed to be a Christmas-themed show last night but I'm so wrapped up in festivity that it was what we came up with, and considering it was the last day of November the audience seemed up for it too. The audience looked like being 3 people at first; Liz and Julia from work, plus Julia's mate. But, mostly thanks to Liz plugging the show (she seems really enthusiastically into our new material concept, which is lovely) loads of her mates turned up, as did a couple of regulars, and we had a good 15 people in which felt worthwhile. Socialised with pretty much everyone who came to show afterwards too and it was just a lovely little evening.
These new material nights are great for me as a writer, simply because it forces to me to write lots of new stuff, and quickly too - and we've established that I work best under ridiculous deadlines. And Izzy is perfect for these sessions too because she's such a good actress and will act any script you throw at her, I guess all in all this understanding between writer/actress is what makes Fat Fox Productions work so nicely; 2013 is going to be brilliant.
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