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My aching feet! My eyes, so heavy with exhaustion. But damn, it was so worth it.

As mentioned in my previous blogs, I am part of the school production. Today was the opening night of 'Romeo and Juliet' with me being Lady Capulet. We performed two shows today, one for the grade 6 primary kids and another for a proper lots-of-randoms audience. Quite alot of drama happened today [apologies for the lame pun].

1. Before we were supposed to perform for the little primary school kids, one of the cast members felt a sharp pain in her chest. The poor girl sat holding her chest and crying out every few minutes or so. It was so heart wrenching to watch. All we could have done was to give her space to avoid suffocation. What was absolutely stupid was that we called the ambulance right away but they didn't arrive until a full hour was well and truley past. What kind of fucking health system does Australia provide anyway?! Within that time, so much could happen and who would we have to blame? I'm not sure how she was afterwards, but I heard that they did some blood tests and that she seems to be recovering. Had it been a serious matter, I reckon the rest of the cast and crew were ready to attack the paramedics the moment they stepped foot into the school. A school! How hard is it to find a school?!

2. 'The show must go on' as the cliche saying states. We went on with the performance for the primary school children and it was quite interesting. I never knew little kids could be so evil. Every time someone died, they would laugh. Laugh! Well, I laughed too. I couldn't help it. They were so cute. Since the dialogue was very Shakespearean I doubt they understood a single word any of us uttered, but I did tweak it a little. There was a scene where Juliet was lying dead and I, Lady Capulet, just found out. The friar steps on and is supposed to say something. Anyway, he forgot what he was supposed to say so silly ol' me said 'Oh look, she's dead.' Not sure why, but everyone started laughing. I think they were thinking on the lines of 'No shit Sherlock'. Even Juliet, who was supposed to be dead started laughing. Whoops

3. The night performance was great. We weren't expecting many, but it was close to a full house that night. I recognised a few teachers, which made me a bit nervous but I think I went well. Except for the part where Juliet was dead [again] and I stroked her cheek. She smiled for a bit but managed to calm down. Oh and also, Romeo's sword broke during the fight with Tybalt:D.

Rather than a tragedy play, it was quite humorous in a sense. Tomorrow I have one more performance to do, then no more. I think I'm getting sick as well. I hope I don't sound like a frog for tomorrow's production. I heard it's booked out. My, oh me, tis now night time. Thy eyes are tired. Thou must sleep...eth:D

Until then.
xx