The Final Rehearsal

At the end of rehearsals today, a wave of delight and excitement carried over the company. The play was ready. The characters were real, the story cohesive, the emotion powerful and the initial spark that had drawn all of us into Glyn’s play had been fanned over the last 2 ½ weeks into a piece of theatre ready for an audience. Today’s work was as intense as it was productive, the final shades being added to the scenes and the practicalities of the new elements incorporated into the text. The actors now have a weekend off as we move into theatre503 for the get-in and technical work.
There were many thankyous and anticipatory giggles at the end of the day, as we prepared ourselves for the final steps into the production of Mimi And The Stalker. My own opinions of the piece have been altered dramatically over the rehearsal process, and my enjoyment of the experience is greatly due to Michael encouraging my creative input in the construction of the play. We have to switch our minds towards the technical focus for a few days (design and production meetings have been occurring regularly in the last week) before pushing the piece into its first preview on Tuesday night. Four days to go until the first members of the public see our work, and we could not be happier with what we have…