Prima Donna - the podcast

    Prima Donna has been recorded - at last!  We managed to get the whole cast in the country at one time!  This is the third of the Off-The-Wall plays to be recorded for the internet, and the first to have musical extracts which are integral to the play.

Despite the difficulties of getting the cast together, we managed to record the majority of the play in two sessions.  If I thought that would be the end of the problems, I was in for a nasty shock!  Because we had to record the music separately, we had to arrange a further recording session for the chorus parts, and yet another two for the various solos that went with them.  Add that to the time it took to synchronise the musical arrangement with the script, and you can get just a hint of the work involved.  I'm very grateful for the efforts of the members of the Concept Players, who had to put up with endless retakes, and for the patience of our two accompanists - Gary Mullins and Nicky Rose.  I'm also extremely grateful for the hard work of Jo Herco, who recorded her bits after a sleepless night, with an awful cold, and while balancing baby Jonathan in one hand, and the score in the other!

Despite all of the above, this was the podcast which had the most outtakes - not because of mistakes, but because of the cast laughing so much!

The cast was:

We hope you enjoy our podcast of Prima Donna - you can download it by clicking on the links below:.