Carrie: It's press night, it's opening night. Scott: I'm in also the same clothes as the last video that we did..
Carrie: Yeah we're literally wearing the same stuff.
Tonight's opening night. Welcome to Watch Me Wednesday.
We need to be in the theatre at 3 o'clock today,
so we've got an Uber from where we're staying to the theatre,
and halfway there, this one's realised that he's forgotten all of his press night stuff.
All of the cards, all of the presents that he's got people, all left back at the flat.
So we've had to ask our very kind Uber driver to turn round *laughs* and go back to where he picked us up from.
Scott: *mouthing* I love you Carrie: *laughs*
We've all had a few rehearsals today, just to go over a few little changes
and bits and pieces that needed sprucing up before press night tonight.
And now, we are - what's the time?
Two minutes away from the half hour call.
Which is why half my hair is in pin curls.
And I am bricking it *Voiceover* Ladies and gentlemen of the Addams Family, the house is now open.
Please do not cross the stage, the house is now open, please do not cross the stage, thank you!
Bricking it.
*Singing* I don't have a sunny disposition, I'm not known for being too amused,
My demeanour's locked in one position, see my face - I'm enthused
*Music*
Right, makeup done.
It's time for a nervous wee.
Thirteen minutes that took me to do my makeup, that's ages! My God!
Right, I am Wednesday'd up, wig is on.
This is my wig, I've named her Ezra.
And my outfit is on, that's my gorgeous corset, and my dress looks black,
then when it sort of hits the right kind of light it turns blue.
If you look underneath this layer, it's all blue underneath there.
It's a great, great dress.
It's twenty three minutes past, so we are two minutes away from...
beginner's call.
I've had a little practice of the big notes, just to make sure that they're definitely in my body,
that I can definitely do them, and everything's going to be fine.
*Singing* Do what's truly taboo
I love doing this show, I cannot wait to do this show,
but I'm also very excited
for when I'm sat at the front of house bar having a drink after the show
Just this one, just press night always gives me the jitters,
always makes me feel terribly, terribly, terribly nervous,
'cause it's like you're being extra judged,
to the point where they're gonna print it - how good or bad you were - in the newspapers the next day.
We're in the wings!
We're in the wings. We're in the wings.
*laughs* Oh God
The audience is all out there.
*Offscreen*: Is this for a blog? Carrie: Yeah
This is Matt, I don't know if you can really see him...
He's our stage manager.
Dressed like an Addams, as he should be.
All the Ancestors are back here.
Carrie: This is Jacob. Jacob: Hey!
Carrie: You can't really see all the Addams in the dark. Jacob: No... maybe if I went like this
Carrie: Erm, Jacob's a matador. We've a little moment at the beginning of the show, where he hands me a sword.
Carrie: This is Perola. Perola: Hey!
Carrie: She is- *sigh* you can't really see it in the dark, it's really annoying. Perola: You can't see me, no
Carrie: Oh wait, wait, come here, come over here, there you go, look at that Perola: Yeeeess
Carrie: She's like a warrior princess, badass.
Perola: She's a badass. Carrie: This is really good light!
It is the interval here, and.. all is going well.
All is going well.
The audience are amazing, are laughing at everything that we hoped they'd laugh at,
and they're even laughing at things that we didn't expect them to laugh at, which is always nice.
I'm about to have a mint, 'cause
Crazier Than You's coming up, and there's a lot of kissing in that.
At the beginning of Act Two, I have a lot of props,
so I start to get a little bit worried that I haven't got everything.
I've got a backpack with a doll in it, an arrow, a crossbow, a necklace, and a scarf.
I think that's everything...
So I usually start to have a little bit of a panic at our interval five minute call, and I go and, like, round everything up.
Just in case something's missing.
I always give myself time to.. find it.
*Voiceover*: Ladies and gentlemen of the Addams Family Company, this is your interval five minute call,
you have five minutes please, your interval five minute call, you have five minutes please, thank you. Carrie: There it is.
I'm gonna go find my props.
I'm gonna go do that now.
It is now Thursday the 27th of April, press night was on Tuesday,
and it was an amazing night, it went really, really well, and we all went out to celebrate afterwards, and it was great, great fun.
And now that we're eight shows in, this matinee coming up on this Thursday being our ninth show,
lots of little rituals have started to appear, like silly little dances that we do or,
certain points in the show where we feel like we need to quickly rehearse our lines before we go onstage.
A routine has started to settle, and I love it when a show gets to that point.
We're doing a show now, this is where we are for the next six months,
and it's a lovely, lovely feeling.
This, by the way, is my little erm,
my little Addams Family dressing gown / pyjama top.
And I've also got my little Addams Family mug, Full Disclosure, which you can buy at front of house
#promo merchandise
I have to go and get ready for the matinee now, but I shall see you next week!
*Singing Addams Family theme*