Southampton Passion Blog

Here I am sat on grass at the far end of Guildhall Square having just assisted in the unloading of a truck of fencing and barriers! That's right people - the Southampton Passion has landed in Guildhall Square! Today our first two lighting towers have been erected by the scaffolding company, our fencing and barriers have been delivered and... the PortaLoos have been installed!!!

It is quite amazing to have arrived in the space and started seeing things happen that will culminate in us taking over the whole square and turning it into an amazing outdoor theatre for Good Friday. We had our final rehearsal last night and there was a real buzz about the cast; the Daily Echo were there taking photos and the BBC South Cameras were also there gathering footage for some coverage to be aired! The cast are having a night off tonight ahead of a busy couple of days. The main stage build starts tomorrow so if you're around and in town come on down and see the progress being made. Right, I'm off to sit in the sun for a bit until the next person arrives to keep watch of the square and all our stuff. Until tomorrow...

I just had a call from Radio Solent who have asked if they can come and interview some of the team on Good Friday, live from Guildhall Square! So make sure you tune into 96.1fm for the breakfast show to hear live updates from the site!

Today has been a busy day for a number of the team as they have started to drive around around collecting bits of equipment that will be stored and checked before being bought to the Guildhall Square on Thursday for the build up. We are making final arrangements and collating all the paperwork that we need on site with us and tonight we have our final dress rehearsal at Riverside Church. Things are hotting up!!!

We also had the official cast recording CD's delivered today, which was incredibly exciting to see the final product, looking all shiny and professional! If you have pre-ordered a copy then you will be able to collect it on the night from a certain point in the Square (you'll be contacted!) otherwise come ready with your £10 on the night to purchase a copy to take away with you.

Well, I'm off to go and finish setting up for the rehearsal tonight... more tomorrow!

It's Monday morning on the week of the Passion... wow! It's kind of crazy to think that all of this started with a conversation in a Subway sandwich bar in July 2008, which developed into our first production team meeting in October 2009... and now here we are, 5 days before the big event! It will be a busy week, with last minute arrangements to finalise, two more rehearsals before we get to the site on Thursday for our technical run throughs and lots of hours of work being put in to make sure this really is a truly memorable event for the city. I'm off to sand down some chairs now that we need to paint for the Upper Room scene, then I'll be getting ready for tonights rehearsal at the Square. Keep a look out for regular articles in the Daily Echo this week as they count down to the event and make sure you have your own plans in place to get to the Passion on Friday evening! The forecast is looking good, with clear skies and no mention of rain and temperatures of between 8 and 18. It's going to be a great night!!!

The Southampton Passion Original Cast Recording CD features all the great music written exclusively for the Passion, with original actors singing and our incredible 100-piece choir.

You can win a copy of the CD, signed by many of the principal cast members, by simply entering our 'Sweepstakes'. It's free to enter, and a winner will be chosen at random from all entrants!

To enter visit http://www.facebook.com/SouthamptonPassion?sk=app_28134323652

Hello, hello... apologies to everyone but I have not 'blogged' for quite a while! Life is getting busier as we are now 11 weeks away from Southampton Passion production... wahooo!