Enter the Writer

Glyn Maxwell joined us for the day of rehearsals today, and the results were startling. The actors have reached a point where their understanding of the characters rivals his, whilst moments he viewed saw him chuckling or moved by the choices they were making. We have still been having problems with the interpretation of the final beats of the play, and posed these to Glyn. To our delight, he suggested a revision of the conclusion, inspired by the creative choices and pathways uncovered by Michael and the company in the rehearsal room. I have never seen a writer so generous in his attitude towards the text with regard to performance, nor one so elegant in his expression of his intentions. The practical challenge of this decision, however, is that we go into our final day of rehearsal not entirely sure of how the play will resolve itself. The anxiety of this is greatly overwhelmed by the thrill of begin able to finally complete our work on the piece in a way that satisfies the journey of the characters. Five days till the first preview, 24hours until the end of rehearsals…