Hello everyone!
My name is Liz Mills, and I am going to be helping our lovely Theatre Managers Clara and Eleri during BedFest.
I will mainly be helping with Stage, so I will be around during the Get ins and the Get outs to help your stage managers in any way I can with set and props. I'll probably end up covered in paint, and I might learn to use a saw properly.
Who knows.
When not in Bedlam, I am a third year History student here at Edinburgh. I've done a few shows over the last couple of years, but mostly I spend my waking hours in the library writing essays and reading boring books about history (I shouldn't say they're boring, should I?).
I'm sort of from Sunderland but actually from Aberdeenshire and although Clara and I share a last name we are, unfortunately, not related.
That's all for now!
Liz :)
Showing posts with label Introductions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Introductions. Show all posts
Friday, November 9, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Introduction: Co-Administrator (the other one)
Salve, amici!
It's the other co-administrator, Seb, here, introducing himself for the world to know.
I don't know why I just used the third person there.
My role, together with Rachel, is to get this festival up and running, from the conception of ideas (way back in September) to the week of the festival itself in January. We're in November now, so that gives us about two months. That's a scary thought. As Rachel has already said, we're the go-to people for any queries about the festival as a whole, especially show and workshop proposals. We're also here to look after the team and make sure that they have the support to do their jobs. Which might mean seeing me do a stint behind the box office or waiting tables in the cafe, but mostly will involve me sitting in a corner answering messages on my laptop.
If you want to know a little about me personally, so you could like, I don't know, not feel intimidated about chatting with me over the festival, here are some things that I am: a second-year Classics student at the University of Edinburgh, born and raised in London. I've been involved in some shows at Bedlam in the past year, but also managing to complete a degree involving two (two!) ancient languages without my brain exploding. I've also experimented with growing a beard, the result of which looked like this...
It's the other co-administrator, Seb, here, introducing himself for the world to know.
I don't know why I just used the third person there.
My role, together with Rachel, is to get this festival up and running, from the conception of ideas (way back in September) to the week of the festival itself in January. We're in November now, so that gives us about two months. That's a scary thought. As Rachel has already said, we're the go-to people for any queries about the festival as a whole, especially show and workshop proposals. We're also here to look after the team and make sure that they have the support to do their jobs. Which might mean seeing me do a stint behind the box office or waiting tables in the cafe, but mostly will involve me sitting in a corner answering messages on my laptop.
If you want to know a little about me personally, so you could like, I don't know, not feel intimidated about chatting with me over the festival, here are some things that I am: a second-year Classics student at the University of Edinburgh, born and raised in London. I've been involved in some shows at Bedlam in the past year, but also managing to complete a degree involving two (two!) ancient languages without my brain exploding. I've also experimented with growing a beard, the result of which looked like this...
I'm also playing a woman on stage in the Edinburgh University Classics Society's upcoming production of Lysistrata - facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/events/287663294685109/?fref=ts - in which the beard may make another appearance.
Keep an eye out for more from me, as I'm sure I'll be on this blog like an actor is onstage. Get it?
Monday, October 29, 2012
Introduction- Cafe
So after spending the summer in Bedlam behind the box office and most of the last year and a half hidden up in the tech box, I have now decided to experiment with Cafe. And by experiment with Cafe, I mean Clara and I had a really long rant over the summer about how Bedlam needs to serve things like smoothies. So there you go.
For an actual introduction, hi, I'm Kirstyn. I'm from TownInTheMiddleOfACornField#57, USA, and am a second year International Relations student. The plan for cafe for Bedfest is to make it, well, more cafe like. So we're working on serving food beyond nachos and toasties. Also, we have not had nearly enough tequila over the past festivals for my liking, so if all goes as planned and we get the alcohol license lets just say there will be a lot of margaritas. I'm working more as an administrator putting the menu together and taking care of the ordering and whatnot, and will have other cafe managers to take over the actual shifts during the week.
Now I get to experiment with all the recipes Like cake pops. This is totally not an excuse to just bake all of winter break. It's definitely a very complicated process that requires tons of trial and error sessions.
Peace love and mini pizzas,
Kirstyn
For an actual introduction, hi, I'm Kirstyn. I'm from TownInTheMiddleOfACornField#57, USA, and am a second year International Relations student. The plan for cafe for Bedfest is to make it, well, more cafe like. So we're working on serving food beyond nachos and toasties. Also, we have not had nearly enough tequila over the past festivals for my liking, so if all goes as planned and we get the alcohol license lets just say there will be a lot of margaritas. I'm working more as an administrator putting the menu together and taking care of the ordering and whatnot, and will have other cafe managers to take over the actual shifts during the week.
Now I get to experiment with all the recipes Like cake pops. This is totally not an excuse to just bake all of winter break. It's definitely a very complicated process that requires tons of trial and error sessions.
Peace love and mini pizzas,
Kirstyn
Introductions - The other techie
<introduction>
Hello all.
Continuing the theme of introductions, I'm the other semi-tame techie of the Crayden team. Craig has already introduced our role on the team, and be assured that there will be much geekery going on behind the scenes to ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible. As well as the new website, we are hoping to have ready a new "Digital Signage" system (nicknamed project moderate sleet) to show details about shows during BedFest.
While not at Bedlam (which hasn't been very often over the last few weeks), I can be found trying to fix the TARDIS, punching holes into card with the EURC or causing problems in the FreshAir studio (it's boring when it just works). Oh, and I'm meant to be doing CompSci with Electronics as well.
Anyway, feel free to drop me an e-mail, message me on Facebook (or even pm me at ball-hayden on irc.imaginarynet.org.uk for extra geek points) if you have any tech problems during your preparations for BedFest and I'll do what I can to help.
</introduction>
Hello all.
Continuing the theme of introductions, I'm the other semi-tame techie of the Crayden team. Craig has already introduced our role on the team, and be assured that there will be much geekery going on behind the scenes to ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible. As well as the new website, we are hoping to have ready a new "Digital Signage" system (nicknamed project moderate sleet) to show details about shows during BedFest.
While not at Bedlam (which hasn't been very often over the last few weeks), I can be found trying to fix the TARDIS, punching holes into card with the EURC or causing problems in the FreshAir studio (it's boring when it just works). Oh, and I'm meant to be doing CompSci with Electronics as well.
Anyway, feel free to drop me an e-mail, message me on Facebook (or even pm me at ball-hayden on irc.imaginarynet.org.uk for extra geek points) if you have any tech problems during your preparations for BedFest and I'll do what I can to help.
</introduction>
Introductions - Theatre Manager
Hey I’m Clara Jane Mills, and along with the lovely
Eleri, Theatre Manager for BedFest. It will be my job to make sure that all of
the shows get-ins and get-outs run smoothly, things don’t break and everything
that needs doing gets done. As well as making the theatre look pretty with the
Box Office and Café teams.
When I’m not doing student theatre sometimes I am a
Neuroscience and Physiology student. Right now though I am taking a year out of
my degree and will go into third year next year. I come from Caithness, far far
beyond the wall, in the frozen waste lands of the northern most highlands (like
go any further and you will fall in the sea).
I’ve been horse riding since I was very little, and I have a lovely horse
that I ride just outside the city, called Terry.
During the week leading up to and the week of BedFest you
can expect to find me camped out in Bedlam with my duvet and coffee maker almost
24/7… Maybe it’s a good thing I don’t have classes :P
Paint covered stage management love
Clara Jane xx
Introduction: Co-Tech Manager
Evening everyone!
I'm Craig Snowden, half of the Tech Management team for this year's BedFest. Alongside Hayden, we'll be coordinating the technical aspects of the festival ensuring that all shows go without a hitch - technically that is!
Once Rachel and Seb work out who'll be entertaining us in January we'll be wanting to prepare a lighting rig for everyone to use. Obviously this means getting the technical aspects of your production sorted as soon as possible, and we'll be glad to help you out with that if necessary - just get in touch with either of us.
On a more personal level, I'm a first year (OMG A FRESHER) Computer Science student at the University. Unusually enough I'm actually Scottish, hailing from across the Forth in Fife. Currently my co-TM and I are working on a brand shiny new website for Bedlam, to be launched into the scary world before BedFest. When not at Bedlam, I'm either sleeping through 11am lectures or tucking into the "hot roll of the day" at BBL on the Pleasance.
On that delicious note, I bid you farewell and look forward to helping make BedFest a great success.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Introduction: Co-Administrator
Hello everyone!
Over the next couple of days, each member of the BedFest team will be posting a little introduction to who he or she is and what his or her role is on the team. I thought I'd get the ball rolling!
I'm Rachel 'Deep Thought' Bussom and I'm one of the administrators of this beautiful thing. My co-administrator (Seb King) and I will be organizing this festival and making sure everything goes as smoothly as possible. We're your go-to people for show and workshop proposals (as soon as the forms go live), as well as your general contacts for the festival as a whole for non-specific ideas and questions, as well as those concerning the general workings of the festival.
And now that that's out of the way, how about we get to the real introduction! I sincerely hope my fellow production team members will follow this general format. <3 (I love you guys)
As I've already said, my name is Rachel. I'm a second-year Cognitive Science student at the University of Edinburgh, though I'm actually American by nationality. When not at Bedlam I can usually be found online, attempting to transpose Legend of Zelda music into bass clef, generally being very silly, and occasionally doing my coursework. My semi-real super power is organizing thoughts and ideas into something communicable. For pictorial representation, this:
Over the next couple of days, each member of the BedFest team will be posting a little introduction to who he or she is and what his or her role is on the team. I thought I'd get the ball rolling!
I'm Rachel 'Deep Thought' Bussom and I'm one of the administrators of this beautiful thing. My co-administrator (Seb King) and I will be organizing this festival and making sure everything goes as smoothly as possible. We're your go-to people for show and workshop proposals (as soon as the forms go live), as well as your general contacts for the festival as a whole for non-specific ideas and questions, as well as those concerning the general workings of the festival.
And now that that's out of the way, how about we get to the real introduction! I sincerely hope my fellow production team members will follow this general format. <3 (I love you guys)
As I've already said, my name is Rachel. I'm a second-year Cognitive Science student at the University of Edinburgh, though I'm actually American by nationality. When not at Bedlam I can usually be found online, attempting to transpose Legend of Zelda music into bass clef, generally being very silly, and occasionally doing my coursework. My semi-real super power is organizing thoughts and ideas into something communicable. For pictorial representation, this:
Becomes this:
That's all for now! Keep an eye out for more introductions and updates; we'll be posting again in the near future. :)
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