7.3.21
Spent some time making a first couple of designs for the possible publicity poster. Then worked on a song with a Croydon Tourist Office backing track for the film, which I called ‘So happy’.
8.3.21
Line learning You Dunked a Muffin in Your Cuppa.
9.3.21
Worked on the publicity poster design and then line learning You Dunked a Muffin in Your Cuppa.
10.3.21
Rehearsal using the chair.
13.3.21
Sunrise rehearsal room, Brixham. Went through the whole show, no movement.
14.3.21
Sunrise rehearsal room, Brixham. Went over the various bits that I struggled with yesterday.
15.3.21
Back in Paignton. Went over the last half of the show, typed up revisions, did some admin with Guildford Fringe.
16.3.21
Wrote a new poem to finish the show which draws together happiness and identity, ‘Be Yourself’, which also has an element of humour. In the evening, headlined at ‘Leadworks’, an online gig, and debuted some of the linking material from the show as well as performing three poems in the set, Shakka Lakka Boom, Homecoming and Seaside Soul.
17.3.21
Line learning Be Yourself.
18.3.21
Line learning Be Yourself.
19.3.21
Did a complete run through of the show, including the new Be Yourself poem at the end. Came to 55 minutes.
21.3.21
Spent the morning working on an interview with Heather Moulson and talked about the show and its premise. Then worked on a blog with the publicity pictures and the press ‘interview’ I did with myself, and unleashed it on the world on my website and social media, changing profile pictures to the show poster. Afternoon, worked on an audio recording of the show mainly to help myself stay fresh but also as a possible future project.
23.3.21
Tickets for the Yay show on sale on the Guildford Fringe website.
25.3.21
Did ‘Shakka Lakka Boom’ and ‘Seaside Soul’ plus linking material at WonderZoo, an online gig based in Plymouth.
27.3.21
Rehearsed last half hour of the show in the Sunrise Rehearsal Studio, Brixham.
30.3.21
Rehearsed last ten minutes of the show, back in Paignton.
7.4.21
Rehearsed whole show. Chatted to filmmaker John Tomkins about the logistics of filming the show in Paignton’s Palace Theatre next week. Evening, did ten minutes of poems and linking materials of the show at Word Mustard, an online gig based in Weston-super-Mare.
14.4.21
Filmed the show at Paignton’s Palace Theatre with John Tomkins, sound engineer Clive and Sarah from the theatre. Filmed for five hours, filming the show twice from several angles, and also footage for a trailer which involved different poses on stage. Then home for the last proof-read of the collection.
19.4.21
John Tomkins made the trailer for the recording of the solo show, and this was put online on my website and various social media channels.
21.4.21
Had a meeting online with Fay Roberts from PBH Free Fringe about entering the show into the online Edinburgh fringe, then a meeting with John Tomkins to show me some of the edits of the show so far.
23.4.21
John Tomkins sent me a first edit of the show, watched it and suggested a couple of minor revisions.
26.4.21
John Tomkins sent me the second edit of the show, watched it and approved it as the definitive edition.
27.4.21
A box of Yay books arrived!
28.4.21
Spoke with Ludlow Fringe about performing the show in the same week as the Guildford Fringe / Taunton Live.
2.5.21
Full run through of the show at the Sunrise Rehearsal Room, Brixham. It’s the first time I’ve done the show since filming at the theatre, relieved that it’s still in my head!
Robert Garnham 