You can always tell when a production is gathering pace, there's just so much going on at rehearsals! Several people wandering round, wrapped in what looked like old curtains (and probably were!) and bits of salvaged ball-gown from from the 60's, being chased by Janie and Jenny, pins clamped derterminedly between their teeth, trying to get some idea of what the finished costume will look like. And if it will fit.
As Malcolm moves people round the makeshift staging area, playing with positions and starting to build the characters, there are other, smaller groups, heads buried in their scripts, getting a handle on their character
s and, if they're anything like me, trying to decipher what it is the people are actually saying! As has been mentioned before, thank heavens for 'No Fear Shakespeare'.
We're only a couple of weeks in and the production is already starting to shape up nicely. If the audience laugh half as much as we do when we're rehearsing, it's going to be hilarious.
Dogberry and his Watch are already starting to look as if they will out-do the Mechanicals from MSND and the trio of drunkards from The Tempest, in terms of comedic presence.
It's really fascinating to see how a performance comes together...and Beatrice and Benedick had one of those 'WOW' moments last night, when they did a pivotal scene together; watch out on the night!
REHEARSAL ALERT!!
As Malcolm moves people round the makeshift staging area, playing with positions and starting to build the characters, there are other, smaller groups, heads buried in their scripts, getting a handle on their character
s and, if they're anything like me, trying to decipher what it is the people are actually saying! As has been mentioned before, thank heavens for 'No Fear Shakespeare'.We're only a couple of weeks in and the production is already starting to shape up nicely. If the audience laugh half as much as we do when we're rehearsing, it's going to be hilarious.
Dogberry and his Watch are already starting to look as if they will out-do the Mechanicals from MSND and the trio of drunkards from The Tempest, in terms of comedic presence.
It's really fascinating to see how a performance comes together...and Beatrice and Benedick had one of those 'WOW' moments last night, when they did a pivotal scene together; watch out on the night!
REHEARSAL ALERT!!
For those who may not have a schedule, please be aware that the first rehearsal next week is on
MONDAY 18th at 7pm in the Guildhall - there is NO Tuesday rehearsal that week.
Back to normal on Friday.
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