French Day - Midsumma Festival

Went and saw French Day at the Kitten Club last night with D, A and E. It was the first time that the play was performed to an audience and I can forgive some of the first night nerves.

The play had some problems with pacing though and could have done with some more fluid dialogue delivery and a script edit. Large gaps loomed between lines of dialogue in what should be key conversations and they could have done with a mike. (is there a shortage in Oz at the moment?)
Perhaps I'm being a little picky but Aussies don't "press" their clothes. They "iron" them. And the play is about 17 year olds. Some of the dialogue was a little too sophisticated for the age group.
Standout performances by Daniel Goodfellow as Mr Parker, and Bronwyn Murphy as Ms Potter. Excellent delivery and recovery from slight mishaps. Notable mentions to Steven Cabral and Steven Bennet in the leads as it would have been a tough job and they were very pretty.

Barclay came over with a bottle after that to play Scrabble and shoot the shit. Fave word of the game "Cruet" on a triple word score - not many points but a huge amount of satisfaction.