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May. 13th, 2008 11:05 pmSo, back in rehearsals, then. First rehearsal was actually yesterday, but as at the second reading last week the director told me she'd ring on Saturday and didn't, I didn't go. So I went today.
Four times over Act I of "Busybody" by Jack Popplewell. We're actually a bit short of books, so I'm typing my copy out so I can give it back for someone else to use. I've noticed that Mr Popplewell is not at all consistent with his use of stage directions. He seems to use them for a lot of things which I would leave to the actors' own intelligence and initiative. He also puts them after the ends of lines where they should be in the middle, and breaks them if one character does something at the end of their line, and another does something else simultaneously - I'd put them both separate from the line in the same paragraph. But, hey, I do have the benefit of a computer to help me write with, which Mr Popplewell did not.
Anyway, aside from the part I've got (DC Goddard), I am also the lighting designer. So I got a rough lighting list of lighting requirements from the director, which I can translate into resources placed once the set has been built. Yay, as that means I get a) acting experience (which the Royal Armouries wanted me to get for the job I applied for with them, and invited me to please apply again next time with), and b) stage-management-type experience, which will be useful for any other jobs I will be applying for. Also, I get to train two young ladies in the Theatre's mildly erratic and somewhat ancient (though very versatile and extremely good) lighting rig. One works in IT, rides a motorbike, and has a dragon tattoo on her left arm, the other will be leaving to study Theatre Design at either Liverpool or Nottingham in the autumn. Anyway, that all means we have at least one new person ready willing and able to do effects for us in future.
I also have to learn how to leer between now and the next rehearsal...
Four times over Act I of "Busybody" by Jack Popplewell. We're actually a bit short of books, so I'm typing my copy out so I can give it back for someone else to use. I've noticed that Mr Popplewell is not at all consistent with his use of stage directions. He seems to use them for a lot of things which I would leave to the actors' own intelligence and initiative. He also puts them after the ends of lines where they should be in the middle, and breaks them if one character does something at the end of their line, and another does something else simultaneously - I'd put them both separate from the line in the same paragraph. But, hey, I do have the benefit of a computer to help me write with, which Mr Popplewell did not.
Anyway, aside from the part I've got (DC Goddard), I am also the lighting designer. So I got a rough lighting list of lighting requirements from the director, which I can translate into resources placed once the set has been built. Yay, as that means I get a) acting experience (which the Royal Armouries wanted me to get for the job I applied for with them, and invited me to please apply again next time with), and b) stage-management-type experience, which will be useful for any other jobs I will be applying for. Also, I get to train two young ladies in the Theatre's mildly erratic and somewhat ancient (though very versatile and extremely good) lighting rig. One works in IT, rides a motorbike, and has a dragon tattoo on her left arm, the other will be leaving to study Theatre Design at either Liverpool or Nottingham in the autumn. Anyway, that all means we have at least one new person ready willing and able to do effects for us in future.
I also have to learn how to leer between now and the next rehearsal...
