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posted by Cracked Actor at Monday, March 06, 2006
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We spent our Sunday morning in the Arts Centre setting up the scenes with the Gyptians embarking on their expedition to rescue the stolen children.
Damon is the only one with a clear picture in his mind eye of the visuals, helped by Pete Woodward as the set designer. It is really interesting therefore to know that you are acting a scene under the central upstage raised area with a climbing pole linking.
We tried a number of regional accents for the Gyptians with varying degrees of success. The Anglian proved too difficult to maintain, Mummerset sounded too comical and the Pompey not distinct enough. Therefore we settled upon my native flat Yorkshire, which throws a challenge to the citizens and especially the Mayor of Trollesund as to which accent they can adapt.
The main scene this morning took a while to set up but it was to the credit of the director and the script that the moment when the aliethometer is produced became quite magical. The appearance of the spy-fly without the benefit of a sound effect still worked.
I think this is my third rehearsal and I have enjoyed each one - and come away thinking something substantial has been achieved. Well done, Damon.
The only gripe, and it is the usual one in a large scale cast (and boy, is this large scale!) is the absentee rate. Only one person was absent because of illness, yet there were two or three gaps - one a major loss - which must drive the director to frustration and annoyance.
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