ENTER THE REHEARSAL HALL -- WHERE THE MAGIC BEGINS!

There is something magical about sitting in an audience as the house lights dim.

The buzz in the room settles into quiet anticipation as we wait to be transported into someone else's world, someone else's story. But what we see on the stage is just the culmination of weeks, sometimes months of work behind the scenes by artists of all description: actors, directors, designers, wardrobe people, carpenters, painters, sound and light experts and others.

This blog will give you a fly-on-the-wall glimpse into that unknown world, following the rehearsal process.
This will be your guide to the hard work, fun and weirdness of putting together a play
for a professional theatre company.

You'll never watch a play in the same way again!

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Wednesday, September 26 - Day Sixteen

There's nothing like it: putting in a five hour writing day on a scene you are determined to finally, finally get right. And then listening to your respected colleagues read it aloud (twice) and coming to the realization that not only haven't you made it much better, you may in fact have made it slightly worse. While the room fills with the faint, unmistakable smell of your own limitations. Nothing like it.

The rest of the afternoon was spent swearing in traffic and bursting into tears while trying to make supper. I think I might be a bit stressed.

But the nice, nice thing that happened today was going into the theatre and seeing the bridge for the first time. It's stunning, and I wish I had room to put it in my garden after.

You know, that scene is probably okay. It's just that I was trying for better than okay.

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