right. just spent the afternoon till an hour ago in the theatre again.

this time it's not so bad. i think i really like hanging out in the theatre. it's kinda like my territory of some sorts since i'm one of the ridiculously few lighting people in school. and if you're wondering how ridiculous. there are only 4 people who do lighting in school now. one's part of the uni dramatic society, so she is permanently doing stuff for them. one has graduated last semester, and he comes back to do lighting in the theatre cos he's got the most experience. and then you have me and mindy, who are seriously the only two people around you can get to do lighting for any production in the theatre. if you get the head technician, you have to pay the uni. so student lighting people = free. and you only get to be a student lighting person if the head technician, john doyle, trains you in his lighting course.

so i think it's pretty reasonable to say that the dolphin theatre is kinda like my territory.

anyway this time around with them italian folk, it ain't bad at all. cos i'm the sole lighting person around and the lighting operator, i'm treated pretty alrite. well i mean, the other times the the director's been my tutor or i've been just the technical person who rigs the lights but not operate them. so maybe actually being the operator gives you some status. but anyway i'm the only lighting person for this italian play so i am THE person to go to for all their lighting needs.

it's like today i was thinking, hey i'm quite big shot around here. i call the directors by their first names, cos that's how i got to know them and one of them told me to call him louie or whatever. his name's luciano. luciano pinto. and the other one's theresa or teresa and some italian surname i can't remember. something with a bunch of "r"s in it. everyone calls them mr pinto or mrs "rrrrr" or senor or senora and i'm the sucka that goes erm teresa do you want. louie! yeah i've got stature around here. ha.

the people seem nicer too. which would make me conclude that italians, or speakers of italian are nicer, but i'm not gonna generalise.

and what's more, there's hardly any lighting cues for this play at all. i'm gonna bring my notes or a magazine to read. i'm gonna be doing a lot of sitting about doing nothing during the run next week.

yeah so basically this post was to let you know how fucking important i am.

i hope they print my name in the goddamn program. it's procedure but still i always worry they don't. it's the only recognition i get. goddammit i'll get all mafiosi on their asses if they don't. i'm not scared of the godfather.




posted by 86 at 7:30 AM