Watching

Exploring the Botanics

On Wednesday 18th February, Music in the Community students visited the Botanics for the first time to see walk through the show and get a feel for how the staging will work. We got some very strange looks from other visitors (although I did notice that some of them had Watching flyers in their hands!), but all in all, it was really helpful to walk through all the scenes and locations in order and imagine how the space will look once it’s decked out in lights, beds and what-have-you! The glasshouses look so gorgeous anyway and we can’t wait to see them look even better when they’re lit up in the evening come mid-March.

We visited the Botanics again on the 25th with Primary 7 in tow, and they all seemed to really enjoy seeing their future performance space. Everyone has been working so hard to learn their parts, and despite the odd bout of nerves, they were all fantastic. Their class teacher was quoted as saying that it brought them all great joy and created a “treasure of special memories [that they can] dip into for evermore.”

Only 19 days til opening night!

Photos by Kirsty Renton