Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Update from Gill (Director) at the start of this week...

Phew! We’re on the home stretch. Had a very good Tech yesterday – technical rehearsal, where all the lighting and sound cues, and set and costume changes all come together. It’s always a very tiring day requiring real focus, patience and concentration from everyone and it took the best part of 9 hours to go through what is basically a 2 hour play – but that’s relatively short for a tech, at least we managed to make the pub! It’s helped by the director, designer and lighting designer doing a lighting and sound plot before hand – we worked until 10.30 Saturday night – but by doing that first without the actors it saves time overall.

Michelle, the designer, also had a very long 15 hour day on Sunday finishing off the set and costumes – but it looks fabulous and Carl has done a great job with the lighting design.

Today is the first time I’ve had a chance to write a blog (and catch up on administration!) as the actors aren’t called until this afternoon, when we’ll work some scenes, change a couple of lighting and sound cues and do a speed run (go through the whole play as fast as possible – good for Shakespeare when you’re aiming at 3.5 secs a line!) Then we’ve a dress rehearsal this evening with two more dresses tomorrow, with photos, and a get-out (packing everything into the truck to move to Alnmouth for the opening performance on Thursday.)

It’s going to be fun!

Gill