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Being an ADDer has its drawbacks...
Feb. 18th, 2008 08:05 am...especially in the amateur theatre.
Wendy (the director) had to spend fifteen minutes at last night's rehearsal trying to teach me how to STAND STILL. Seriously! My entire stage direction for one page of lines was "stand still, and look at the audience". And I just couldn't do it - my body rebels against anything which doesn't allow me to fidget.
At one point I ended up walking three metres across the stage, and every other part of the rehearsal stopped while the entire cast and crew tried once again to explain to me the concept of "staying where you are"...
Wendy (the director) had to spend fifteen minutes at last night's rehearsal trying to teach me how to STAND STILL. Seriously! My entire stage direction for one page of lines was "stand still, and look at the audience". And I just couldn't do it - my body rebels against anything which doesn't allow me to fidget.
At one point I ended up walking three metres across the stage, and every other part of the rehearsal stopped while the entire cast and crew tried once again to explain to me the concept of "staying where you are"...
