More Rosebud - Gyles's Diaries episode 42
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What significant events mark the summer of 1976 for Gyles?
Give me an M. Give me an O. Give me an R. Give me an E. Give me more.
Give me more Rosebud.
Hello, this is Giles Branworth and I'm full of joy because it's June. I'm also full of joy because I'm joined, as ever, on a Tuesday by my friend and colleague, the producer of Rosebud, Harriet Jane.
Hello.
Hello, Harriet. Is June a good month for you?
It is. It's my birthday month.
It is. This coming Saturday will be the birthday of Harriet Jane. And I'm not seeing her on her birthday, but you've got lots of family people because it's a Saturday. You're seeing lots of family people, I think, over the weekend.
Seeing my sister, both my daughters for separate things and a friend.
Very good.
How does Gyles plan to celebrate Harriet's birthday?
Because we're seeing each other quite a lot at the moment because we're rehearsing for our Edinburgh show. And I was hoping to have a birthday lunch with Harriet to celebrate her birthday. But I have to put this on the back burner because she's not really wanting to have any celebration at all until we've learned the lines, until we've learned the songs, we've got the moves right. We can't quite believe that we're doing some informal tryouts in only a couple of weeks' time. I think it's two weeks today or two weeks tomorrow. I know, crumbs.
Are you allowed to read off a script when you're doing this?
No, well, I think at the first, we could at the first read-through, but the truth is we ought, two weeks from now, we ought to have dropped the books. We're doing a couple of private shows. And then we are at the Bedford Park Festival, where there are maybe a few seats left. I don't know. Then we are at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. This is all in London, England. Then we're at the old sorting office, which is in Barnes, southwest London, where they've sold quite a few tickets for both of those shows.
What challenges does Gyles face while preparing for the Edinburgh show?
And then we go, which is not... There are two shows there. There are two shows there.
I don't think I've got both of those in my diary, Giles.
Oh, you better be there. Please be there. I'll be at one. I'll tell you what the dates are now in case people want to book. Because the first one, I think, is almost booked up. And the second one, I mean, it is all a bit frightening, you know. Just on Sunday, I finished my last tour, my last show, Jazz Brand with Can't Stop Talking. It was in Watford. And so this is quite soon. We are going to be... Oh, Lord. I'm just flicking through the diary here. We are going to be doing... End of July, where are we? Yes, we're doing the old sorting office on the 2nd of August. That's the last one we're doing. And then we're doing one a few weeks before on the 19th of July.
Oh, I have got that.
How does Gyles reflect on friendships and loss in his recent experiences?
19th of July, 3.30 and the 2nd of July, 3.30. These are still tryouts where we'll listen to the audience. If they don't like things, we cut them. If they do like things, we can do more of that. The following week, we are up in Edinburgh. At the Gordon Aikman Theatre, Assembly George Square, we have sold lots of tickets. Four figures worth of tickets. Faster selling show in that venue. People are coming literally from Australia, from India, from North America so far, have booked to come and see us. Wow. We're learning a lot, aren't we, as we do this?
We are, we are. Giles, can you sit, wait, can you, sorry, can you make sure you're not rocking backwards and forwards, forwards and away from the mic, and you're just a sort of steady distance from the mic, possibly not as close as you are now. Just have the mic where it is, but just move back a bit yourself.
Is that better?
Yeah, but stop rocking backwards. I'm always having to tell you, you know, when you're on a microphone, you want the same distance to remain between you and the microphone at all times.
Do include this. I'm not including this. Please include this, because people will be surprised to know that I first appeared in front of a BBC microphone, I think it was in 1966 or 67. So I've been doing this for quite a long while. But the young Harriet Jane, who's having a birthday, she's getting older at the end of this week, is telling me that my microphone technique is hopeless.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What significant events mark the summer of 1976 for Gyles?
0:00–1:05
2
How does Gyles plan to celebrate Harriet's birthday?
1:05–2:11
3
What challenges does Gyles face while preparing for the Edinburgh show?
2:11–3:01
4
How does Gyles reflect on friendships and loss in his recent experiences?
3:01–4:39
5
What unique insights does Gyles share about his new house?
4:39–5:30
6
How does Gyles describe the process of preparing for the Oxford Theatre Festival?
5:30–6:19
7
What humorous anecdotes does Gyles share about his after-dinner speech record attempt?
6:19–7:42
8
What reflections does Gyles have on the importance of listening and being present?
7:42–57:57