It’s getting late- and it’s been quite a week. Again, it’s a wonderful problem- lots on my plate at present… Two very different approaches for two very different productions. The Sad and Cautionary Tale of Smackheaded Peter, very organic and it’s evolving reaaallly well! Anything Goes- In between listening to music calls and...
Read MoreTapping Teens- Day Two
That’s the banner poster for Anything Goes at The Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. Today was Day Two of rehearsals. We have 42 in the cast. The Grand has a great tradition of mentoring, so twice a year they create productions with high school students from London and the surrounding area. In the spring it’s a play, (this year I directed...
Read MoreCross-over days
We had a full day with the full company of The Sad and Cautionary Tale of Smackheaded Peter yesterday. I was looking forward to the day with extreme excitement. We did worked on some transitions, did a run-through, had a production meeting, changed the beginning of the play, worked more transitions and then had a sound design meeting. That’s the...
Read MoreA Crackin’ Day! Tues. July 20th
A big day- we went through most of the choral sections of the play, making leaps and bounds forward in our exploration and there were some very exciting moments. Here’s the company rehearsing a scene from the play- when the people of Thamesmead learn about Smackheaded Peter’s vision of bringing peace on earth with low-cost heroin… (A...
Read MoreWeek Three begins…
The weekend was mostly spent organizing things for the week ahead: taking our postcard design to the printer, working on the rehearsal schedule, trimming the script, talking to some of the actors about the trimming, working briefly with our Assistant Director, Andrew McNaughton, to get our wee video done, chat with Designer Brandon Kleiman, seeing a play,...
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