14 Feb 2006: 2nd day of rehearsals
You know what it's like - the first day is a relief and then the second doesn't get any easier. We've decided that the story is being told 'in the now' because the script has been updated from time to time so must be contemporaneous. There is a slide section in the play but, when the show is to be performed in school halls you run into blackout problems. So I have decided, through a process of osmosis with the designer, Rodney Ford and the stage manager, Ellie Bazeley, to print the slides onto sheets and pillow cases thus revealing the 'photos' whilst the family do household chores. After all, memories can creep up and get you any time.
The cast, David Grace, Cheryl Chapman, Vicki Jackson and Theo Herdman are terrific.
