00:00 - 00:03 | So, selections for NSDF began on Sunday. |
00:04 - 00:05 | UCL's Antigone was in the final phase of judgment, and |
00:05 - 00:07 | if we had gotten in, we would have travelled to Greece. |
00:08 - 00:12 | Our play would have been performed to critical acclaim from the adoring Greek masses, |
00:12 - 00:15 | followed by a massive afterparty on a Mykonos-bound boat after our inevitably successful runs. |
00:17 - 00:19 | We just got an email saying we entered the final phase four hours ago. |
00:19 - 00:21 | Your use of the past tense is so pessimistic. |
00:24 - 00:26 | Glorious Supreme Director Munt... |
00:27 - 00:28 | we received... |
00:31 - 00:33 | we just received an email informing us that Antigone was not selected for NSDF after all. |
00:34 - 00:36 | The CEO of NSDF sent it himself. |
00:53 - 00:58 | Anyone who couldn't tell if the characters were "indoors" or "outdoors" onstage, leave the room now. |
01:13 - 01:15 | Are you fucking SHITTING ME?! |
01:15 - 01:17 | After receiving virtually ZERO negative comments from their scout?! |
01:18 - 01:23 | "I really enjoyed it, guys," he said, "I really enjoyed it!" |
01:25 - 01:28 | The only complaint he had was about the lighting... |
01:29 - 01:31 | ...and the tech wasn't even one of our own! |
01:31 - 01:34 | "REALLY LOVELY," he told us, "FANTASTIC STUFF!" |
01:34 - 01:37 | Was all that just one big fat fucking lie? Did he just shit some comments out his arse |
01:37 - 01:40 | so it looked like he was actually being REMOTELY useful?! |
01:40 - 01:42 | Supreme Director Munt, he did make a good point about the stairs |
01:42 - 01:46 | The staircase HAD to be that long so we didn't get our fucking arses kicked by Health and fucking Safety! |
01:46 - 01:48 | But, Supreme Director, we didn't use the stairs in the first half at all. |
01:48 - 01:52 | Don't think you can fucking talk unless you'd have been able to assemble a staircase from scratch during the interval. |
01:53 - 01:54 | And Sean thinks he's so FUCKING SMART! |
01:56 - 01:57 | He was so focused on trying to wrap his pea-sized brain |
01:57 - 02:00 | around the concept of "indoors" and "outdoors" |
02:00 - 02:03 | that he couldn't even appreciate the fact that our actors were fucking amazing! |
02:04 - 02:08 | No comments on Ema's fantastic performance or Nick's nuanced character development! |
02:08 - 02:13 | No comments on the chorus's brilliant choreography, or on Will Mead's bloody hilarious comic relief! |
02:14 - 02:16 | All he cared about was the fucking TREE. |
02:17 - 02:21 | What's the point of going on Grindr during the second half of the play if you can't even tell whether something's inside or not? |
02:27 - 02:29 | He did our cast and crew a disservice. |
02:30 - 02:34 | I personally thought everyone deserved a huge pat on the back, especially George, for his walking stick stunts. |
02:34 - 02:36 | And don't even get me started on the UNBELIEVABLE makeup and costumes. |
02:41 - 02:42 | I can't believe it. |
02:43 - 02:47 | We've been snubbed by an imbecile who's so aware of his own inadequacy he has to sign off all his emails with "Director". |
02:48 - 02:53 | As if we all can't tell that signature is there to convince himself of his own minimal worth, more than anyone else. |
02:54 - 02:56 | Even at ten years old, Nick Brown had better credentials than this moron. |
02:56 - 02:59 | And what is this "Director" fool doing with his life? Rejecting perfectly good plays from his festival. |
03:00 - 03:02 | As if he can claim to be of ANY worth himself! |
03:04 - 03:07 | It's okay, honey not all of us can land roles on the Basil Brush Show at 10 years old. |
03:14 - 03:16 | It looks like we won't be going to Greece after all. |
03:19 - 03:23 | What a tragedy perhaps even one bigger and sadder than the play itself. |
03:25 - 03:26 | We deserved better. |
03:31 - 03:33 | Now with Brexit looming, we might never get to go again. |
03:40 - 03:46 | How am I going to explain to our entire cast and crew that we've lost out on everything we've ever hoped for, |
03:46 - 03:49 | because of some unqualified bozo and a randy cretin? |
03:53 - 03:56 | Perhaps in old age, they will learn better sense. |