Writing Style 2 Draft 2

As I sit in the dressing room on the opening night of the show I can feel the adrenaline of the other cast members ricocheting off the walls. I am sat quietly in a corner going over in my mind all of my cues, the dance routine in the opening scene and my lines for the second act. My thoughts are interrupted by a tannoy announcement “The cast of Pinocchio, this is your beginner’s call. Please start standing by; this is your Act 1 beginner’s call”. This was it; I gather my group, ensuring everyone is ready and set to go on stage. As we walk through the dark corridors, lit only by the blue backstage light, my stomach reiterates my nerves by doing a slight flutter.
In the auditorium the stage is set with a large red and gold circus tent hanging from the ceiling. As the audience take their seats and the house lights begin to dim, three objects and dragged on stage by cast members. All is quite apart from the distance sound of whistling which becomes increasingly louder as Geppetto walks through the auditorium and onto the stage. While he whistles he removes the cloth covering two of the objects to reveal two very brightly coloured puppets.
Backstage, behind the curtain I am stood holding a washing basket watching the monitor, awaiting my cue. Gepetto begins to sing about carving a puppet as he uncovers Pinocchio, the third puppet hidden under the cloth. As he carves, the puppet comes to life arm by arm, leg by leg until the puppet Pinocchio is larger than life and ruder than ever! “You are the worst father a puppet has ever had” booms Pinocchio, “and you, are the rudest puppet a father has ever met!” retorts Geppetto. This is my cue. As I walk onto the stage, through the blinding lights that are painting the stage with a fountain of colours I can just about make out the silhouettes of hundreds of people. All of whom are staring at me, awaiting the next instalment of the story being told to them.
My job at this point is to show my distain towards Pinocchio’s behaviour through body language and facial expressions. Pinocchio begins to run around the stage causing havoc and distruction, including emptying the contents of my washing basket across the stage! He runs through the audience singing and performing aerobatics.
We begin to sing and dance telling the story of how we are able to catch this puppet and find out why he is behaving in such a way. We finish the song and run off stage. We did it, the first scene is over with, and as I walk back through the dark corridor and up to the dressing room, my heart is pumping and adrenaline is pumping through my veins at a rapid rate. I now wait, wait for the next scene and for another rush excitement.