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What an extraordinary week it has been. The actors arrived on Monday and we did a read through and talked through the model of the set and concept of the visuals. With lots of tea and biscuits we talked about the play and how brilliant the writing is. Then for three days we tussled with the script- seeing what worked and what didn’t. The constant refrain was: the simpler the better. Anytime we tried to incorporate big physical moments it just didn’t work. The key is in the storytelling and allowing the text to breathe.
On Thursday Becky Applin joined us and we did a stagger through of the whole play looking at moments of film and music- this has to be done this far in advance because the film makers need timings and there is a tight turnaround.
Props keep appearing and bits if set- as Dom and David also add their expertise.
At the end of this first week I am really pleased with the shape of the piece and very excited by the prospect of challenging it all again next week!
Now all we have to do is get the opening right…….

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