We’re at that point in rehearsals when it’s all about lines, lines, lines. Character development and artistic flair are all very well, but it doesn’t amount to much if you don’t know your lines!
Having said that, I think the cast are well advanced in this regard. We have 3 weeks left to production and are well on track. At least we won’t be stale when we hit the stage! Every play I’ve been involved with has this fallow period when scripts go down for the first time, but lines aren’t perfect. It can make it an eternity to get through one speech and cast doubt on the production team’s belief that we can bring this in under two hours.
Same as it ever was, as those philosophers in Talking Heads used to say.
Jean arrived last night with the first batch of props. This play will have more props that Steptoe and Sons living room. One prop she doesn’t have to worry about is the coffin, which Siobhan has managed to source from one of her friends in the funeral business. That’s dead on, as we’d say in Dundalk. Any other dead puns can be left in the comment box below.
On the subject of the coffin, I’d like to use this portal to offer some subtle direction to our two men. When carrying the coffin out, you should be facing each other with Mike walking backwards. Otherwise the joke of “left, no your left” doesn’t really work! I’m too shy to point out these things in person.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment