The Only Thing to Fear is Fear Itself...
With the Halloween at Nostell performance being a major feature of the last 7 days, this week has been dominated by fear and all things fear related…and as it turns out fear is a much more complicated issue than I first thought…Who would have thought, for example, in a group of actors volunteering to take part in a Halloween performance I’d have so many that are genuinely scared of the dark and all the imaginary things that might lurk in it… In a production like this you find yourself applying a psychological view point as much as a creative one as a lot of your time is spent trying to predict how audiences will react to what you present them with…the answer to this, is of course, you never can tell…it’s dependant on so many things…so all you can do is make the performance you believe is the right one, the one that upholds your artistic values and suits the identity of the venue and the company…in this case a job well done I feel… It’s hard to do a show where you aren...