Friday 28th July

 

End of the last week before the show opens. Few words to cover what we've been doing.

 

Friday was bits and pieces. Had very precise times to work scenes. Not in the chapel so did outside scenes inside. Good for voices – we have a tendency to speak loudly and excitedly, so its good to work in smaller rooms and get more natural. Was hoping to do a run to tie up the week and give a good indication of where we're at (and what we still have to do) but we ran outa time. Ran the second half and it was very long but helped to clarify character journeys. The play is very enjoyable but we need to really nail stuff to make it perfect. And the audience will tell us when its right.

Wednesday Night

 

Did a run. We got thru most of it. It felt quite long. Words to describe it include Stumbly, Useful, Potential, Mixed. It was pretty long and slow and involved a lot of running from door to door. Some scenes were good. Got some notes, the rest tomorrow. People were very tired.

Its Wednesday morning.

 

Thinking over the last 2 days. Things have cranked up a gear again. Its now 4 days until the Tech. Yep. Doing a run this evening. All off book. In the chapel.