Crescent Theatre Blog

These are interesting times for the cast of Iron, and I suspect Kiss of the Spiderwoman too. Rehearsing a play that has most of the “action” confined to a small space, whether that be a cell, the visiting room or the garden is a challenging prospect. The rehearsals started with the director being completely clear that on no occasion should we “label” our characters i.e. Fay as “evil”, or guard 1 as “nice”, and this has opened up the very very interesting process of questioning whether anyone is ever solely good or bad, or whether circumstsances lead us to act in specific ways. Obviously I don’t plan to give the game away but I do suggest that you come and see it, and decide for yourself whether you could have it in you too to commit murder……