Last night, at Meyrick Hall in Bournemouth, was the Remix Gold show! This was part of the 10 year anniversary show for the larger company that Remix Gold is part of, Diverse City, and alongside the Remix Gold performance there were screenings of films of Diverse City and Remix show, and films and poems from David Young, the resident Poet and Activist with the company. Among the screenings in a blast from the past was a video of the Breathe and Battle of the Winds performance from the Weymouth venue's 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony! It was odd and nice to watch each part of the film and remember where I was backstage at each point.
But enough nostalgia, and on to the show!
Remix Gold's performance was in the second half, and with the five new performers is till being progressed and modified to be performed again in April.
The backstage area was a large café style room, with comfortable sofa's and plenty of tables and space, which made it a nice space for the performers to hang around in during breaks and while preparing to go on stage.
Having had limited time to fit the costumes on a couple of the performers, it turned out that one of the performers costumes was too big. This was the purple skirt and the shortened black shirt. Thankfully it was a relatively easy job to alter them by hand and I made sure that I got to the venue before the performers to get everything set out well in advance to devote as much time as possible to alterations and repairs should they be required. Above is the hand altered shirt where it was taken in.
As with the show at the Southbank Centre, I was assisting with hair and make-up backstage.
THE NEW PERFORMERS
Before the performers went on, I got a photo of each of the new cast members in their costume. I'm particularly happy with how Becca's rhinestones have come out, from the audience and on camera they are very effective!
The fundraiser was organised by AUB Arts and Events Management students, and as part of the set up they had blackboards placed by the doors for people to leave their comments and the feedback was fantastic! Their were pledges made to the company and the performers had an incredible time and loved their costumes. There are a few costume maintenance tasks to be done, where they have gotten dirty, damaged or some of the embellishement has come off during the performaces, its hard to believe that I first gave them the costumes last September at the Southbank Centre for their 'Unlimited' festival and since then Remix Gold have performed the show at the Lighthouse Poole and for the Inside Out Festival! With the next performance booked for April, I can't wait to see where they're headed next!
