From the Director

Although we’ve been rehearsing since early January we only emerged from my kitchen on the 11th February into a rehearsal room. To mark the occasion, Sally Norman arranged a photo session with our production photographer, Jack Boskett.



He caught the inevitable blocking session; we were all getting used to the cardboard mock-up of the set and he probably took a lot of pictures of people looking at their feet and pointing at the floor with puzzled expressions. However here are some of the highlights (it proves we’re working, not drinking).

Has it been challenging so far? I think so. We have found the play hard to visualise and have had a couple of sessions trying some scenes out in more familiar settings – ‘in a pub’ and ‘at the breakfast table’ – to try to get away from the strangeness of a play set in some undefined afterlife. No photos of this sadly, but fun was had and it helped.



Am I pleased with progress so far? Yes indeed. I couldn’t ask for a more dedicated team who have had to put up with my endless tweaking and interference – even when I promise them I’m just going to let them run, I usually don’t. Some bits could go on stage now and be fabulous; other sections are more unfinished, but where it’s right I can see how fantastic the finished production will be. They are a great cast.