TSMGO! 2007 on YouTube in 4 Parts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQhjox855nY
Unconfirmed:
Raglan Shire is on the books.
New Babbage is on the horizon.
Past 2008 Shows
Eleanor Theatre, Phobos
14 September at 2pm
Eleanor Theatre, Phobos
30 August at 2pm
Eleanor Theatre, Phobos
16 August at 2pm
Raglan Shire
9 August at 2pm
Gaiety Theatre, Caledon Penzance
2 August at 2pm
Relay For Life Benefit on the Titanic
18 July at 2pm
Gaiety Theatre, Caledon Penzance
12 July at 2pm
Galaxy Celebration
20-21 June at 2pm, 9pm, and 10am
Swedish National Celebration
7 June at 2pm
Russian Archipelago
31 May at 1pm
Dreams Fair
19th April at 1pm
2008
Acts Include:
Miss Caitlin - Caitlin McLaglen
The Great HUD-ini - Persephone Gallindo
Girlfriend - Lucy Tornado and Friend
Dancers of the Emerald Isle - Maxie Schneider
Mme Creme Caramel and Her Trained Humans - (Enjah Mysterio with other troupe performers )
Synchronised Knitters Precision Unicycle Drill Team - (Lucy Tornado/Enjah Mysterio/Osprey Therian)
The Amazing Lucita - Lucy Tornado/HeadBurro Antfarm
The Cellophane Dancers - Themselves
Little Mockingbird of Caledon - Tayra Torricelli
Big Game Hunter - Alba Uriza
Cooking with Margaux - Enjah Mysterio/HeadBurro Antfarm
Delicate Flower of the East - Alazi Sautereau
A Lesson in Musicology - HeadBurro Antfarm
Shindig! - Renowned Tiny Dance team
Also in progress:
Monkeys
Shadow Theatre
Statues
Hommage a George Melies
The Food Sketch
...and more.
2008 Performers:
(individual shows may be missing one or more performers)
Enjah Mysterio
Caitlan McLaglen
Maxie Schneider
Lucy Tornado
Osprey Therian
HeadBurro Antfarm
Alazi Sautereau
Kitty Zimmer
Persephone Gallindo
Alba Uriza
Tayra Torricelli
Reyfer Kawanishi
Karuna Sands
and sometimes Monty Talbot
Currently Inactive Troupers
Young Geoffrion
Salazar Jack
Cat Gisel
Thank you to:
Salazar Jack - too much to list
Candide Lemay - Audio assistance
About
THE SHOW MUST GO ON!
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The Show Must Go On! is a traveling variety show featuring short acts strung together with no rhyme or reason. From the snappy dancing Droplettes to the meditative Undergrowth, the show takes advantage of the strengths of Second Life and aims to please. Although I won't get into descriptions, let's just say you will likely see things you have never seen before. Indeed, audience comments have indicated that some people had difficulty remaining in their chairs in real life, due to hearty laughter.
We use audio tailored to each act, and it has been a joy to hear the talent of these fine actors in the introductions they have recorded for the acts. Acts are conceived and brought to life by the troupe, sometimes with a lot of input all around, and at other times with one person visualising and creating the entire thing. Regardless of how the act was created, troupe performers jump in as needed to be a trained human or a High Flyer, then an insect or a Tiny. We have a very good time working on the show, getting costume changes down fast, nervously waiting our turns. The feeling of real life performing - nerves, jitters, then the after-show excitement - is exactly the same in Second Life. After a show we bounce around a bit, compare the effects of too many costume changes in too short a time (which often leaves me looking about two feet tall to everyone but myself), and wonder why we didn't arrange a party.
Acts Include:
Serpentus Gigantus - Osprey Therian/Salazar Jack
Mme Creme Caramel and Her Trained Humans - (Enjah Mysterio with other troupe performers )
Polonsky & Keen - Comedy Duo
Inferno - Vlad Bjornson
Latifa At the Oasis - Maxie Schneider
Salamander Maroon - Stand-up Comedy
Synchronised Knitters Precision Unicycle Drill Team - (Lucy Tornado/Enjah Mysterio/Ida Keen/Osprey Therian)
Undergrowth - Vlad Bjornson and troupe
High Flyers - Ida Keen/Osprey Therian/Salazar Jack
Nice Headphones - Lucy Tornado/Theodore Polonsky
The Droplettes - Themselves
Occasionally and Unpredictably--==The Alchemickal Theatre of Dr Fluxus==--Young Geoffrion
Beauty and the Beast - Enjah Mysterio
Shindig! - Renowned Tiny Dance team
A short history of the troupe.
After a triumphant initiation into the world of performance, in July 2006, when the original (short) play From the Shadows* won the challenge** at the New Globe Theatre, a goal was set. I decided vaudeville/music hall would be perfect for Second Life, and immediately started recruiting and whipping up enthusiasm. Originally scheduled for the Christmas season 2006, it soon became apparent that more time was needed. When we began rehearsing at Cowell Amphitheatre, every rehearsal (they were twice weekly) was an open event, and I did my best to drag in people from.... what? Did I say drag? I meant encourage all sorts of people to join the troupe. A grant from the Foundation for Rich Content in the spring of '07 helped us buy animations and other things for the acts, and gave us a veneer of repectability at a time when our show, still in rehearsal, was *cough* a bit rough. It wasn't until May that we did our first preview show at Ask Patty in Motorati. Our true opening, with audio, was in June at the Pantheon.
A great deal of dedication is required, and amazing people willing to (for instance) practice on the synchronised knitters precision unicycle drill team track for hours every week (it's hard to do) formed this traveling troupe and continue to develop new acts. When you watch the show you will probably have no idea of the effort that goes into it all. In the past we have coped with griefers, terrible rubber-banding, deleted objects retaining volume, things not rezzing, sim crashes, missing people, full-sim lock-outs, and Os's grumpiness. The professionalism of all the performers is evident in the smoothness of most performances, the ability to cope with adversity, the willingness to keep right on going and smile. In a perfect world no tribulations would ever occur... or would they? For myself, I believe the greater point of our efforts is to learn to face anything and everything. It's a spiritual thing, don't you know.
We have just now reached the number of acts that will allow us to do what I had planned from the start - with the flexibility of numbers, perform when an act or two is missing. For a while it was heavy going for the troupe, as they were required for every single show. We have rehearsals on Thursdays, these days, at noon and 6:30 as we are far-flung. This show took a year, but it's turned out just as I dreamed it would - due entirely to the immense amount of hard work by all the people who perform in it, and the assistance of a select few - like Candide LeMay, who gave us a way to be noisy.
*Written by Enjah Mysterio
**Annihilating all comers. We performed the play thrice to packed houses as... uh... there were no other plays.
Performers:
(individual shows may be missing one or more performers)
Ida Keen
Theodore Polonsky
Salazar Jack
Enjah Mysterio
Young Geoffrion
Cat Gisel
Salamander Maroon
Caitlan McLaglen
Monty Talbot
Maxie Schneider
Vlad Bjornson
Lucy Tornado
Osprey Therian
Audio assistance Candide Lemay
Great use they have, when in the hands
Of one like me, who understands,
Who understands the time and place,
The person, manner, and the grace,
Which fools neglect; so that we find,
If all the requisites are join'd,
From whence a perfect joke must spring,
A joke's a very serious thing.
Charles Churchill, "The Ghost", 1762, Book IV, lines 1379-1387
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Past Triumphs
10 May @ 4 AskPatty.com Grand Opening
9 June @ 4pm - Pantheon Theatre on Info Island
16 June @ 2 pm - Machmit
23 June - The theatre is dark.
30 June @ 2pm - SL4B (Second Life 4th Birthday celebration)
7 July @ 2 pm - Gallery Tamrannoch
14 July @ 2pm - New Babbage Community Stockyard in Babbage Square
28 July @ 2pm - Planet Bohemia
4 August @ 2pm - Belle Isle
5 August @ 2pm - NMC
18 August @ 2pm - Raglan Shire Venue Changed: Hopes Point
24 August SLCC
15 September @ 2pm - Heron Sanctuary
PARTIAL SHOW: 13 Oct @ 2pm - Hopes Point
20 October @ 2pm - Phobos - our home stage
October-November: Phobos @ our home stage
November Performance @ Cowell Amphitheatre
Our 2007 General Guidlines - for touring performances
Contact osprey.therian at gmail.com (I'm a noob at this scheduling thing so any ideas you may have will be appreciated).
