yes, it’s been a while

Funny, I’ve almost dreaded returning to where I left off, on this blog.  And I don’t know why.  Maybe I had some hidden expectation that I would contribute more regularly, and then when that didn’t happen, felt I’d let someone down.  Maybe myself?  Stupid though.  So, I just have to redefine what this forum is all about, for me.

So maybe, it’s simply a place to put my thoughts, when enough of them crop up in the recesses of my mind that I need to put them somewhere.  The past 6 weeks or so have been very busy, and I finally feel like I’m back in control – maybe that’s what brought me back to this page.

So, in a nutshell, here’s what been going on…

“Regina” – this is the opera that I lit for Pacific Opera Victoria – the piece opened on April 17th at the Royal Theatre – one of the last remaining fully functional hemp houses in North America – how cool to work in a theatre where they still tie on a bag of counterweight to balance the load hanging on a wooden batten.  The show went very well, and it was a pleasure to finally work for this small but ambitious company.  The build all their own shows – the theatre is well equipped – and the actually spend more than 3 days in the theatre before opening a show.  It felt more like lighting a theatre piece than an opera.