Last drama day ...

Today was the last official drama day, and we finally had a full cast.  Now we just need to learn our words.   I will be in at the Hayes at 10am on Saturday, and hopefully as many others as possible so that we can spend the day brushing up.

I am extremely impressed with the cast for displaying such fortitude today.  the run through of the play took several hours, as people struggled through the script and stage direction.  

But everyone was in extremely good spirits and there were few signs of weariness as two hours after we were scheduled to finish, we finally rehearsed the final bow for the first time.

Getting some costume in was a help. As people donned one or two items of costume it helped to create the picture that we were looking for, and gave a little extra character to the roles. 

We had searched in our wardrobes, our friends wardrobes and the local second hand shops, and now, armed with aprons, gloves, a very small suit, a wig, hats etc, and a lot of artistic licence, we begin to colour in the picture we are creating.


We also had sound for the first time, as Chris came with sound desk and recordings of wartime music, doorbells and explosions, to work on his cues for the performance.  During Saturday daytime, he will also have some big speakers, so that we can really fill the room with sound, especially for the rumble of the explosion, which will be shaking the floorboards.


As always with doing a play, I wished for an extra couple of rehearsals, so that we could really become polished in performance.  As it is, this won't happen, and the most we can hope for is that people have learned their lines more solidly by Saturday.  

However I do think that the personalities of the characters, and the good spirit of the group will shine through and give a good, entertaining presentation.

This week, for all of the crew, there will be much collecting of costumes and props, and I'm sure that this will continue up until Saturday night.

I would ask everyone to watch the costume and props pages on this blog, to check for updates and to edit if they need to make any changes.