Virgin Director - Rehearsals Begin

Having now finalised the cast list after a few hick-ups and headaches, I now have us all meeting for our first group read through, except it won’t be. Why is everyone’s timetable so conflicting? Of the five in the cast, three have commitments which basically overlap each other in the worst possible way. Sunday is everyone’s good day. Thank Dickens for that, one day out of seven, except for this Sunday. We will be one short for the first read through. ARGHH!!!

As for the rest of the rehearsal period, we’ll have to work around each other as best as possible. I am planning to go through the script and pick out segments where certain characters are not required (much) while will be a task in itself as the script is a real ensemble work and most of the time, all of the characters are one stage at the same time. Watch this space for further developments.

This will hopefully be a last resort option as I am HOPING that someone (or two) will be able to fiddle their timetables a little. Fingers crossed for that one. Remember, I have a cast of girls in this show. Getting them to change their schedules will be an interesting achievement, if actually achieved. Tongue in cheek if any of them happen to read this.

While I am sure that as a team, we can arrange some sort of compromise that will basically work, thinking about the potentials and options is giving me a headache all over again.

To rub salt in the wound, I am still hunting for a Script/Stage Assistant.

The hunt continues .... Jeff "Where's that Wall?" Watkins

<THWACK> --- Ow. That feels better...... TO BE CONTINUED