The seriousness of work

Scenes from Communal Living closed on Sunday night.

Was the show a success? How would it measure up against a straight consulting project (my 'seriousness of work' measure)?

Upsides: -

• We made a lot of people laugh
  
• We had pretty good houses throughout the run and full ones for all of the last week
  
• The show has been accepted for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August (more on that another time)
• Cast members have had invitations to audition for, or perform in, other projects
• I've already picked up a (paid) directing gig on the strength of the show

Downsides: -

• I lost money
• I spent a few hundred pounds more than I'd budgeted
• Our reviews were okay-to-good rather than good-to-great

But the ultimate upside is this: -

The Scenes from Communal Living brand is established and now has momentum

It was brought into the world. It didn't exist and now it does.The future is about managing those downsides for the show's next incarnation and the one after that.