Jocular Theatre’s production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile closed this past weekend and everyone went home a happy camper. The audience was happy. The theatre manager was happy. The actors were happy. And I was happy.

As my crystal ball had told me, the second week sold much better than the first week – and the first week sold great! We were at 100% capacity on Friday, 90% on Saturday, and 110% on Sunday. Yes, that’s more than allowed – I know. After adding an entire row of seats to the theatre, people were still sitting all along the aisle from the stage to the back of the theatre. The production broke even on Friday and so the next two days’ earnings were pure profit. We may have to start extending these runs!

After our last show on Sunday night, we popped open a bottle of cava and we all went out to dinner to Moti Mahal – a wonderful little Indian Tandoori restaurant just down the street from the theatre. They placed a full page ad in our programme so it was only fair to return the favor. As everyone was deciding what to eat, I was able to sneak around the table and hand everyone their share of the profits. I think that may be one of my favorite parts of every production. It feels so good!

A couple days later, Ed and I met up with Picasso and Elvis to take the set apart and store all the pieces in the upstairs storeroom. The set that took us four full days to put together only took three hours to take apart. Considering this consisted of an entire wall that hinged open and rolled forward towards the audience to reveal a giant painting, I think three hours is something to be proud of.

So the show is officially over. Sad to see her go but happy to move on to bigger and better things. Some of the members of the cast are meeting up tomorrow and heading up the coast to Caldes d’Estrac to spend a quiet day on the beach. I’m very lucky to have met some really cool people thanks to this show. I hope this is the beginning of many more beach days together.