The first rehearsal for The Rivals is tomorrow. So, with Winnie-the-Pooh having come to a end today (Sunday) it really is a case of the theatre never stopping.
Indeed, with Of Mice and Men still a few days away, there will be five shows in rehearsal this week - and that doesn’t even count the Youth Theatre who have begun work on their forthcoming production of The Tempest…!
When I was given the part and the necessary dates and details, I thought the work was going to start on our staging of Sheridan’s 1775 comedy of errors tomorrow. However, our Director Ian Nicholson has set the entire cast a range of tasks to complete ahead of our first meet-up. His joke about “homework” was not been entirely inaccurate - as we have, amongst other things, been collectively asked to…
:: Find out what the social rules of Bath were at the time
:: Find out about the trends in fashion
:: Find out about Bath’s demographic at the time
…and so on.
Never fond of homework, I approached my task of finding pictures of locations from the play with some degree of terror. Yet, with FiveLive, a pack of biscuits and a broadband internet connection, I soon found that I was quite enjoying what my search had conjured up and couldn’t stop! Two hours and twenty pictures later, including the following…
…and I was done.
None of the tasks we have been set directly relate to anything we’ll be saying or doing on stage. But the outcomes of these tasks will all aid our immersion and enhance the process we’re all about to embark upon…
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