Tidemark Edinburgh Fringe Experience 2004
Thursday 5 August 2004
Day 2 of the Tidemark Theatre Edinburgh Festival Fringe Experience and amazingly not only is the weather fabulous, but the flying ants have gone! Hurrah! It's preview week for the Fringe, which doesn't officially start until August 8th, so the big crowds haven't arrived yet. Despite this, however, audience figures for the first preview performance of 'Odysseus and the Really Freaky Monsters' were exceptional. With the build up to the start of the Olympic games in Athens next week and the release of the Hollywood blockbuster 'Troy', together with the happy coincidence that many junior schools have been studying 'The Odyssey', mean that 'Odysseus' was an inspired choice for Tidemark's 2004 children's show and we have started off better than we could have hoped for. Tickets for Tidemark's adult show, 'Delicates and Smoke' have also started selling reasonably well - in previous years our first show has opened to empty houses so nine people in the audience was also a great start! And let's face it, monologues which explore the mental state of a mother with Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy and a serial arsonist who also happens to be a fireman aren't everybody's idea of fun, are they? So - publicity is what we need now. The fantastic people in the Pleasance press office are constantly on the look out for headline grabbing stories or links to celebrities (no matter how tenuous) to try to build-up ticket sales. OK then! Tenuous celebrity links we can do! How about Alan Rickman for starters?! His brother David, printed our company t-shirts! Really! That's got to be worth some column inches hasn't it? Actually, David Rickman passed on copies of our production flyers to his younger brother with a note inviting him along to see one of our shows. Well, fair's fair. I've seen Alan in countless shows over the years and 'Truly, Madly deeply' is one of the most watched dvd's in our house - alongside 'The Fimbles' that is - so isn't it about time Monsieur Rickman came to see me in something? Mmmm, well we'll see, but in the meantime I shall try to console myself with the thought that some of our company flyers may well be in Alan Rickman's bin as I write. Believe me, I know many companies who would kill to have their flyers in his bin so excuse me while I savour the momentÂ… Rebecca Russell Rebecca will be reporting on Tidemark's experiences throughout this year's Festival. Come back to see how she's doing! Are you taking a production to Edinburgh this year? Do you want to tell the world about it? If so, let us know by emailing [email protected] | 
