Onwards

A bit of a gap since I last (first!) posted.

We had a week off from rehearsals, over Easter, and I've been feeling a bit disconnected from the play. I think that's mostly due to the house move and the fact that I'm still settling in to the new job.

But we're now halfway through the rehearsal schedule and things are starting to come together:

Sunday night was the first chance for our props lady, Claire, to see the show; along with Brian who's going to ASM. And they were very positive about the work in progress (we worked on the first third of the play this week).

Having a bunch of props certainly helped, and everyone's taken my request to work on their lines during the time off very seriously, so characterisation has taken leaps forward.

All in all, I'm very pleased with how it's going.

The Story So Far...

Well, this has been a long and convoluted process!

Ottershaw Players' committee originally decided to produce The Merry Wives of Windsor in the June 2007 slot at the Rhoda McGaw.

Unfortunately, due to a variety of circumstances, we were unable to cast that play and we had to choose another option.

Now isn't the time or place to review the (to some) contentious process by which we ended up with the play and cast that we have today.

Suffice it to say that we have now been rehearsing for 3 weeks, the cast seem to be having a good time, the poster design is now finalised and the backstage crew are starting to work on the set, props, furniture, sound and lighting.

The juggernaut is definitely in motion.