I’m more of a backstage person

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So I mentioned a while ago that I’m involved with the local amateur dramatics society. The girls and I all joined three years ago and we were all in the chorus. I’m obviously just not a natural performer. I don’t generally seek out the limelight and I actually found the rehearsals rather tedious and the waiting about to go on stage a bit of a bore. The actual performance itself was fun, but it didn’t seem worth the stress. I was always worried that I would mess things up and go the wrong way or something, and in rehearsals if I did do something wrong I felt that everyone was looking at me in exasperation, but in reality it was other people who did things wrong on show nights and they all just laughed it off. And on top of that I didn’t find the group to be quite as friendly and welcoming as they make themselves out to be. Many were pleasant enough, but there are some members who haven’t spoken to me yet! Maybe it’s the artistic temperament. Anyway after two years of that I decided to have a change. I might have left but Little One was still keen to be involved, so I joined the backstage crew, and I have to confess I am enjoying it much more! The backstage people are all lovely and we’ve been having a lot of fun, making props and building the set. It’s amazing how you can create magic with bits of this and that and some creative lighting. We’ve been messing about with plywood and expanded polystyrene, papier maché and paint and scraps of fabric. Here’s Sleeping Beauty’s bed, transformed from an old hospital gurney. Makes me want to lie on it myself! But in the end it’s the people you work with who really make a difference. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2024.