A Day in the Life...

Roll Up for the Magical Mystery Munsch's "A Day in the Life..."

Special Thanks to Christian Goulet for coming up to Dauphin and photographing our "adventure," nevermind helping us put this video together!

MMM - A Day in the Life from neutral on Vimeo.

Training a New Van Monkey

Unloading and loading the van is a big part of our day. And we have developed a very good system to make it go as smoothly and quickly as possible.

An integral part of unloading and loading the van is the role of the Van Monkey. The Van Monkey stays in the back of the van and "directs traffic". When loading the van, he/she takes each set piece and packs it into its proper place (experience playing Tetris can come in handy in this role!). When unloading the van, the Van Monkey passes each item out so it can be brought into the school for the show.
The Van Monkey not only runs the pack, but he/she stays with the van to make sure our set and props are not carried off while we are inside.

Alissa has been our Van Monkey since we started the tour, but today Heather took the torch and will be our new Van Monkey for the next little while!

Watch out Gord! You're next! :)

-Lisa, Stage Manager

Ready to Hit the Road!

We returned to the rehearsal hall yesterday for one last time before start our Winnipeg leg of the school tour.

We were joined by our director Arne MacPherson as we tweaked the action of the play to make it easier to watch the show in a gym.

It was so good to see Arne! We hadn't really seen him since we opened the show in December. The morning was filled with laughs and shared stories as we worked hard to get through all of the bits that needed work.

After lunch we packed up the set and props then headed down to the loading docks to pack the van in preparation for our first school show at Sister MacNamara School this morning!

See you on the road!

-Lisa, Stage Manager