So we’ve rehearsed, we’ve relaxed in Vienna and we’ve fretted about the show…. Now all that is behind us as we commence the tour itself.
Day 1 was in a small town near Vienna called Pressbaum. The school, which looked like something from Harry Potter, was huge and the pupils were polite and friendly.
The theatre space was by far the smallest that we had encountered and we had to adjust a lot of what we usually do to accommodate the space.
The show was well received, though I felt that their attention started to wane on the later scenes. The most memorable moment came at the end when Tom’s fist hit the low proscenium arch in the final dance. The audience noticed his gasp as his knuckles scraped the plaster above us and I think this helped create the rapturous applause that we then received!
The second show was in a small rural town called Perchtoldsdorf. The sat-nav took us to the supposed location way ahead of schedule. Me and Kelly went into the building to find out where the stage was. We were greeted by a cleaning lady and two handy men who looked confused to see us. We explained to them who we were and what we were up to and they told us that we were in the wrong building.
The chuckling trio, (not sure what they found so funny) proceeded to give us some complicated and in depth directions to some phantom theatre space.
Driving in circles we soon lost the 45 minutes of spare time that we had scheduled in for a note taking session and a short warm-up. The sat-nav kept diverting us to a small church. We decided to ask a small lady in a red had to help us out. The small lady in the red hat was very helpful and even drew us a small map.
We finally got to the school and found a teacher who jumped into the van and directed to our location- the location being the place that we turned up to an hour ago.
As frustrating as this was what really got my goat was the chuckling trio who were now chuckling more then ever. Whether they were purposely teasing us or not I do not know but we were late starting the show and it was hard trying to get the audience on our side after that.
After packing we had a 2 hour drive to Perg, a small and picturesque town west of Vienna. During the drive me and Sam slept while Tom drove and Kelly and Tom-Tom navigated. For the first time since coming to the country we saw the beautiful Austrian countryside. The sun was shining and we felt relieved that we had got our first day over and done with.
Arriving in Perg we checked into the Gasthos Manner hotel .The hotel was very pleasant and friendly. We all got some rest and went to a local restaurant for some food.
Perg is a small town and though I’m sure there is more to it then we saw, it seemd like it merely consisted of a large church and several pubs. We drank and ate and talked about the show. We also tried to settle on a name for the van- we still haven’t got one yet but Kelly likes the sound of Mufflebanger.
An early night for all as we were up at 6:30am. Perg was lovely but thank god we’re only here one night-I’m ready to explore!
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