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sebastienne ([personal profile] sebastienne) wrote2008-12-30 12:05 pm

Sondheim vs Pratchett

Hi LJ,

I come to you with something of a puzzler.

I have a bunch of small parts in next term's The Truth. Now, obviously, this is fabtastic - a Pratchett play! A Parabox production! (I love the men behind Parabox - they wrote the musical I was in last term and are destined for greatness.) A chance to get on stage once more with [livejournal.com profile] deathbyshinies!

But I've just been offered the chance to play the drums in a production of Into the Woods. This is a Sondheim musical. I love Sondheim. Sondheim's music is completely and utterly soul-shatteringly perfect. And I've been meaning to get back into drumming since forever.

And these two things clash. I cannot do both. Meep!

ETA: Oh, hark at me. "Woe, woe, I have two amazing opportunities!". Drumming does feel viscerally right to me, in a way I can't entirely articulate; but then so does being in a theatre for a dress rehearsal. A sense of being completely in the moment, to the exclusion of all else, which I do need a certain amount of in my life. I think I would get more of that kind of transcendence from doing the Pratchett; not to mention a lot more laughter and social interaction.

[identity profile] sebastienne.livejournal.com 2009-01-02 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I am back in London on the 9th to see Hamlet, but it looks like I'm going to have to head back to Oxford for my housemate's birthday celebration on the 10th. Another month I certainly wil! I need more excuses to wear corsetry and petticoats...

[identity profile] robot-mel.livejournal.com 2009-01-02 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent! Will keep you appraised. Have fun at the party. :)