Sshhhhh - don't tell anyone, but I passed The Apollo on Tuesday evening and there were distinct signs of life. No actors busily rehearsing; no director shouting –er – directions; no audience crowding in to see the latest offering; not even coffee drinkers in the bar (nor drinkers of slightly stronger substances!).
No – this is a top secret group of people who sneak in when our backs are turned, every Monday and Tuesday from about 7pm and magically make the costumes and sets of the previous play disappear, and then create the backgrounds for the next.
As actors come in to rehearse, week by week they find flats (I think that's what they're called but the top secret group knows about such things) appear, then change colour; windows and doors magically come into place; curtains, rostra, furniture….
At the same time, magic fairies are busy with their needles in our well-stocked costume stores, and suddenly a few weeks before a performance, rails of costumes are found in the dressing room – even (with the odd fitting) in the right sizes for each actor.
Do you have any of the magic needed to wield such powers?
If so, I understand the workshop groups always welcome new recruits, be they elves, pixies or even humans.
For more information, contact Dan Burns via our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/apollotheatre/ or on 07401 306577, or just turn up at The Apollo any Monday or Tuesday evening.
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