Last director's notes - avoiding silence

 As we prepare for our opening night of SummerFolks, our director Max Key just gave us some last notes. He reminded us to be super on cue, and not let any silence/ small pauses happen in-between lines.

He told us that it took him 12 years to work out this simple genius theatre tip:
It's all about focus. If there is silence, the audience doesn't know where to look - and we lose them. So, always good to do a double-speed run of the show...