Saturday Afternoon again.

A blog-free few days as to begin with I felt too tired, and then had 3 WiFi free days, O how one misses it! All functioning again now though. I was unable to do any fittings this afternoon because the entire cast + extras and children have been in the rehearsal studio all day, and will be tomorrow as well.

I made enquiries as to how on earth one got the people you needed as I hadn't seen anyone who might be called a stage manager to insist that fittings happened, and it seems there is no such person. The only person, apart from the Choreographer, his assistants and the ballet teachers is a trade union official who's present principally to prevent anyone doing anything during their breaks - she doesn't care about costume fittings... There is, I'm told a being who manages the stage, in the sense of running the show, but no team as we know it who attends the rehearsals and then moves into position to run things when the stage time begins. Mmm- 5 maybe 6 ballet masters but no stage manager! Therefore the person to whom the Head of Wardrobe is wont to scream "no fittings - no frocks" at regular intervals simply doesn't exist, and of course, nobody else cares that much, they will soon though.

Next Wednesday which is the 1st piano dress rehearsal in costume, could well be pandemonium. Everything in the workrooms looks lovely, but some things are still being cut out!