So the Socks did a Zoom preview of Post Office Scandal on Saturday Feb 10th and I think it went well. It was hard to tell because Zoom's sound seems to be worse quality than it was back in the heyday of our lockdown gigs, rendering our songs impossible to sing, we had to mime to them, and laughter hard to hear. No one could stay unmuted for long without it being cacophonous. Quite why Zoom would have had better sound four years ago than it does now seems unfathomable, but it does appear to have been the case this time round. Whatever, we tried out the following material, and I now know what needs writing or rewriting before Leicester.
Opening - Hold the mayo (good)
I'm A Sock
Traitors routine - (ok)
Magic Routine + Earth song (included as warm up, not intended for show)
Assyrians & Romans (good)
Rowland Hill song (good)
Fujitsu (good)
Post Office Rhapsody (good but over-long)
Interrogation (good)
Flintstones ad (included to let me change scripts)
Alan Bates intro (good)
Alan Bates song (good)
Alan Bates meeting (good)
80s Medley (good)
- at which point we were nearly at the one hour mark, so I dropped Postcodes
Paula Vennels Wasn't Me (ok, but maybe earlier in show)
Denouement routine (good, but only written as filler for this preview)
This totalled one hour of show, though with Magic & Earth Song removed it'd be closer to 45 minutes. What we now need is more comedy between the Socks, bringing out their characters, as well as a proper resolution for the Post Office story. I am on it.
Update: I have included Macacque and Duel, from old shows, and have Postcodes & Earth Song still in there, waiting to be used if we need them. New material written in the week before Leicester is Paula Vennels intro, and, er, that's it. So Leicester's first night will be getting largely what the Zoom preview saw, just tighter and in a different order.
Sales Fri Feb 23 (am) Fri 15, Sat 30, Sun 19
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