Dress Rehersal For Murder

Just got in from tonight’s dress rehearsal for ‘Murdered To Death’. Things seemed to go okay… in fact it seemed to go very well indeed. Having said that… that’s always a bit of a worry… if the dress rehearsal goes too well you can’t help thinking that it might not be a good omen.

Do dress rehearsals usually go well from your companies? We seem to have had a mixed bag over the years; from the great ones (Kindly Keep It Covered) to the most disastrous and just sheer terrible (Having A Ball). I wonder what are your experiences? Do they go smoothly for you – a sort of just pulling the pieces together or are they a sheer panic trying to desperately make it work / remember your lines / re-blocking all your movements.

Anyway…

The stage is set, the cast know their lines (sort of), the backstage crew are ready and the tickets are selling (sort of). So there is nothing left to do except get a good night’s sleep (no chance) and be fresh, relaxed and focused for tomorrow (well maybe the last one anyway).

See you at the show and in the bar afterwards!

 

Technical Rehersals

We are just two days away from the opening night of the theatre company’s next production. We are putting on a production ‘Les Miserables’, the Victor Hugo classic. It’s best known as the musical version but this is the stage play . I have to say that this production has been particularly hard going as the play is both very long and very wordy, but its been most enjoyable all the same (so far). Tonight was the technical rehearsal. Technical rehearsals are a peculiar evening as they seem to be incredibly boring for the cast but full of stress and tension for me.. I should explain that I am directing the piece… but the lights have been programmed, the sound effect prepared and the explosions tested and its onwards toward tomorrows dress rehearsal.

 

Writer’s Block

I hope you like the new website design. I decided to change the design as some form as procrastination; as I seem to be suffering from some sort of writers block. I have a play, tentatively called ‘Blood Ties’, which I really should have finished by now but I simply cannot find the time to finish. I say that I cannot find the time but I clearly have time to play with the website design… and therein lies the problem.

I know I should be working on the play but I seem to be finding every excuse to not do so. So I’ve been telling myself “Don’t just sit staring at the blank editing screen: it will only make you feel worse. Do something else, then come back to the task.” So that’s what I’ve done… I’ve changed the design… I written this blog… I’ve made a cup of tea… I’ve surfed the web and so one. The problem I’ve come across is these diversions are far too… ermm… well… diverting! So I get engrossed in them (well maybe not making the tea) and this gives me some new ideas… and I start on them while they’re hot in my mind… and the play I’m supposed to be working on slips further and further away.

I’m going to check out the web for some solutions to writers block and see if I can cure myself… I just hope I don’t see anything that sends me off on another tangent.