Quote, Unquote  Oh joy. Spring Street Studio Theatre. As if it wasn't small enough, the horrible flock wallpaper we used made it seem like the walls were closing in! Despite their promises, the Hull Truck staff hadn’t removed the set from their production of the week before or set up our lights. But enough about those tossers, what about the production? A real period piece and a big improvement on Sailor Beware! both as a script and a production. Plus (sorry, Dave) we had a director who knew what she was doing. And performing Bim's novel in Act II - all stiff upper lips, emotional repression, scandalous liaisons and sock semaphore(!) - was a chance for us to over-emote shamelessly.
My own full Scottish regalia was camp as hell but at least the sporran gave me somewhere to put my stethoscope! Natalie had only a very short scene to change costumes between the "reality" and "fantasy" scenes, so Elaine and I had to literally tear the clothes off her to get her ready in time. (The sacrifices one has to make for one's art) But Dave Barber gave us a helping hand by playing the scene very, very slowly. So slowly in fact that it almost died! David
Book of the Month was my first production with the Chameleons. It was fun to do, with each of us taking a dual role, both as the "real" people, and as the fantasy characters in Bim's novel - who she based on her family and friends. I don't have much recollection of the trials and tribulations of rehearsals, but that doesn't mean there weren't any, just that I've chosen to bury those memories deep in the archive! I do remember wearing a silky, flowing negligee that I'd borrowed, and then having to carry a lighted candle across the stage. Nuff said. I also remember the now-familiar feeling of being part of a strong team Ailsa
Loved David's Scottish accent and the scene between 'Mac' and 'Jean'. I now have a fetish for blue socks Val

Was I In That One?  Goodbye to Liz and Jill. Hello to Ailsa, Elaine and Steve - another one-cap wonder. Down to the bare bones again, we had advertised for new members but, as is often the case, all the ones we couldn't give a part to vanished into the ether. But then one of them was completely mad, wanted to play all the parts herself and couldn't believe we had to learn all the lines!

The Audience Won't Notice  Playing both "real" and "fantasy" characters was the perfect opportunity for Dave Barber to get everyone's names mixed up. Which he duly did. ALL THE TIME. The French windows never shut properly, either, and would slowly swing open during every scene.