Midsummer Nights Dream: Week 1

Despite being ready for a week of delving into rehearsals after a read through on Tuesday, everything has been very slow this week.

Tuesday, after expecting a full read through of the script, was a disappointment. We covered 3 scenes out of about 9 before stopping, and 2 cast members were off (which the director thankfully knew about) which made a lot of silent reading; very strange in a room full of people where you know there should be someone speaking.

 It felt a bit like a waste of time, and I was glad both Stephen (PLX) and Katrina (LX designer) couldn’t make it as it would have been a waste of their time.

However, Wednesday was worse, no rehearsals. So that day consisted of around 2 hours of tidying up and making some paperwork, then it was over. It would have been even less than 2 hours of work too, except I had computer problems. As for Thursday it was a complete day off. The only problem on both of these days, was that my rehearsal notes (that didn’t have anything on them anyways) couldn’t be sent, due to older versions of microsoft office not saving right.

Thankfully today was a bit more active. 9.15 warm up for the cast, 10:00 read through, changing rooms due to a double booking and one of the MA’s Shakespeare’s needing a lot more room for us (since they were blocking). However I did manage to mess things up, there was meant to be research presentations by the cast immediately after the read through. However I’d been informed of a casting director meeting with the cast to talk to them (and had either misheard, or had been accidentally told it was today) and so had organised with out director to give the cast and extra half hour for lunch to go to it and have lunch.

 Instead I managed to put of the research presentations until Monday and make the cast hang about for another 15 minutes while we figured out what had happened and why the casting director wasn’t in. Thankfully, I don’t believe it has affected too much. The cast were supposed to have this afternoon off as self determined study, and it allowed the designer, lx designer, director and assistant director to have a meeting which I managed to attend to get notes for the rehearsal notes.

Overall I don’t think this week has gone to well, in my opinion. Though that may be because I’m annoyed at myself for messing up the dates of the cast talk. Hopefully things should get better once rehearsals start next week and I’ll get into the swing of things.

 

This was originally posted on mahara. Once I use the website more, I’ll post a blog on it: