We're all finally back from Prague Fringe 2018 and what a truly excellent time it was.
Important information, beer at the Fringe Club is now 43kc - an insane piece of inflation which now puts the cost of a pint at almost £2!!?? What is the world coming to?
Once again I spent the Fringe wearing two hats of stressed out venue supervisor, and slightly less stressed out playwright. My favourite thing about this double life this year was being able to chat to all the Fringe regular attendees (people who have been flying out for the Fringe for years) about The Orchid. The response was simply wonderful and I'm so proud of the whole cast and obviously Ms Low for wrangling 4 plays out of them in just a few short weeks.
That's right, these dafties put on a different play every night for the audiences of Prague Fringe. I was able to see three of the performances this year - which I was very happy about - and was just as excited as anyone else to see how the brand new couples worked. I'm eternally grateful that this company were keen to make this play work the way I had imagined it.
The guys are posing in front of our BEAUTIFUL venue, Cafe Club Misenska. The room is a mismatch of alcoves and carpets and random chairs. It was the perfect place to put on the show (and not as exhaustingly warm as our previous Prague Frigne venue...)
I want to say a particular thank you to our excellent cast. Suzanna, Rowan, John and Tom - you guys worked so hard and were utterly excellent. If you could try not to lock yourselves out of an AirBnB next time, that would be great.
I'm happy to report that the audiences of Prague Fringe Festival liked The Orchid so much that we came 4th overall in the Audience Award! For a show that only ran for four nights of the Fringe - I am pretty dang happy about that result!
It's a mad festival to say the least and it's been amazing to take another show over there. I hope we get to do it again in the future. There's nothing like the warm atmosphere for companies in Prague and, coming from Edinburgh last year, the small size, intimate venues and amazing staff care, were just incredible.
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Sweeney x
