Directors Notes Issue 3

Monday’s rehearsal was the first one to be held with a full cast and the last to be held with scripts. There’s nothing like the threat of ‘scripts down’ to keep a cast on their toes. As a Director of course, it’s also an opportunity to bring some physicality into the production. We can start practicing those Greg Loganis like dives across the bed to get to the phone, we can have a proper WWF all girl fight over the famous green tin and it’s hidden secrets and Dee can practice her medium pace deliveries as she tries to take Charles head off.

Now that we’re at the books down stage, it’s time to think about all those other things which will make this production work. Lighting, sound and props are going to be key to this play. I’ll be calling on Andrew (I see dead people) Rankin to bring the lighting experience he gained while filming autopsies to the table. We have a ghost and a coffin in the play after all. We also face some challenges in getting Vi to appear from thin air at the end of Act 1. Perhaps those nice people from Le Tempete will loan us one of their holograms?

In terms of props, I’ll make a list, but if anyone knows where we can get a breast pump and a coffin, let me know!

Until Thursday then. Keep learning those lines.