An exciting morning ahead-
Meeting costume/set designer Brandon Kleiman to see costume and set sketches. We were talking about our set being created out of card board- so it’ll be interesting to see if that’s the direction we go.
I love working with set materials that can be recycled. Last year on the production of Twelfth Night (in Oxford, UK), that I directed our set was 10 tons of sand and found items from beach combing near Bristol, UK- and nearly all the costumes were reconfigured clothes from charity shops- So, it would be super to be able to carry on this exploration of found items and recyclable materials… (and to be honest- we need the budget to stay as petite as possible, so it’s great when you’re philosophical exploration supports your budget reality-).
And then we meet the actors for measuring- It’ll be great to see how Brandon combines his vision with ideas that emerge from meeting the actors.
I love this part of the process, particularly on a new play like Smack: there’s room for lots of dialogue between director/designers and the actors’ Imagination can be layered into the process as well… and this play is firing off a lot of images and ideas in all our imaginations…
more on The Sad and Cautionary Tale of Smackheaded Peter a little later.
Can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait!
What a pleasure to find someone who ideienfits the issues so clearly