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| Josie demonstrating one of the props |
A major part of the role of stage manager is safety, particularly if there was an emergency, and for this reason there always has to be someone over 18 backstage. In this production Josie is benefitting from working with experienced stage manager, Fiona McNeil.
There are no complex set changes or special effects in The Love of The Nightingale but a good stage manager still has to keep on the ball as they have to be ready to help out if things go wrong backstage. Josie is by the stage left entrance throughout the play, a bit chilly in this frosty weather. She follows the action in the script, checking that the actors are ready to go on when they should be, or warn them if the actors on stage skip some of the script.
The most stressful thing she has to do is help with two costume changes in quick succession. She has learnt from experience that she needs to just throw the first dress on the floor and leave sorting it out until after the second costume change.
When she is not busy with Progress Josie plays ice-hockey for Bracknell Ice-bees, is a drummer and in her spare time is studying for GCSEs this summer.
The Love of the Nightingale runs until Saturday 17th 2012.
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Progress Youth Theatre presents For the Love of a Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker 10th -15th December 2012, Progress Theatre
The Fifth Elephant by Stephen Briggs based on the book by Terry Pratchett 17th - 26th January 2013, Progress Theatre
