Wednesday 7 December 2011

STRAWBERRY JACK: The Arrival...and Dress Run Pics...

Hi all

JOE O'BYRNE - Melvyn, Strawberry Jack

Maybe it's just Tales from Paradise Heights productions...?  The TENSION backstage was palpable as we were about to go up last night.  A serious prop problem that occured 2 minutes before we went up - and I mean a MAJOR problem...A half blind actor practically incapacitated due to losing half his face behind a wonderful prosthetic...and a Director who hadn't spent quite enough time directing HIMSELF (I was putting on the best act ever assuring all that I was fired up and ready to go - in truth? TERRIFIED)...

And then we launched, the train left the station - no stopping now untill we reached the destination - curtain. 

It coughed, spluttered a little and then just...LAUNCHED.  The cast delivered, the tech delivered...things can be slightly slicker but this was a first run...the audience were gripped, the cast punching it out -  fans of the series are already calling it '...the best tale yet from Paradise Heights...' Some audience were already booking tickets to see it again this week before we had changed out of our costumes, we have a four star review in the pipeline and KNOW we can do BETTER tonight...STRAWBERRY JACK is a MONSTER production...this MONSTER is now very much ALIVE. 

We have four more shows...I can honestly say you won't have seen anything quite like STRAWBERRY JACK - a Seasonal Thriller Stocking Filler...Christmas will never be the same again without our JACK. I feel like Doctor Frankenstein - this simply incredible Cast and Crew have poured their hearts into creating a monster, a Monster full of Pure Paradise Heights Heart, but we LOVE our Monster and hope you do too...four more to go...DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, come and see for yourselves.

DRESS RUN PICTURES

Darren McGinn (the genius behind the trailer and the concept art) came to our dress run and began snapping away...here are just a few of his pics...

JO KIRKHAM as Shirley, IAN CURLEY as STRAWBERRY JACK


DAVID EDWARD ROBERTSON, Deaf Freddie and IAN CURLEY, Strawberry Jack

JO KIRKHAM, Zoe

Doin' The HAKA JACKA: MATTHEW GANLEY, Dave and JO KIRKHAM Zoe

ALICE BROCKWAY, Mandy and MATTHEW GANLEY, Dave

DAVID EDWARD ROBERSTON, Deaf Freddie and IAN CURLEY, Strawberry Jack

MATTHEW GANLEY, Dave

Deaf Freddie and Strawberry Jack

JO KIRKHAM, Shirley

IAN CURLEY, Strawberry Jack and ALICE BROCKWAY, Mandy

IAN CURLEY, Strawberry Jack and JOE O'BYRNE, Melvyn


DAVID EDWARD ROBERTSON, Deaf Freddie and MATTHEW GANLEY, Dave


IAN CURLEY, Strawberry Jack

IAN CURLEY, Strawberry Jack and ALICE BROCKWAY, Mandy
 JO KIRKHAM, Zoe

 DAVID EDWARD ROBERTSON, Deaf Freddie and IAN CURLEY, Strawberry Jack

 DAVID EDWARD ROBERTSON, Deaf Freddie

IAN CURLEY, Strawberry Jack and ALICE BROCKWAY, Mandy

IAN CURLEY, Strawberry Jack


FANTASTIC PICTURES from DARREN McGINN.

More updates later this week...Joe x


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