and flow of scenes, costume changes, checking props, intermission. then the second act, flying the bike across the stage for the last scene, the bow and finally taking off the make-up four hours after i put it on. unless it’s a two-show day, in which case i eat, nap and get ready to start all over again.
at one hour before show time, the whole cast does a vocal warm up followed by a quick meeting where the ‘artistic team’ tells us about any changes for the coming show (there are always a few small ones, sometimes there are really big ones if someone is sick or injured). then we play 