welcome to my world
The rehearsals for the play are progressing pretty well. Thus far we’ve been rehearsing in chunks. The main character is on stage for the entire duration of the piece so I think it’s partly been to keep his early workload down to a minimum that he’s been doing work with the different people who share his scenes separately. As of Thursday we’re into full rehearsals. Then on Saturday we’ve got a complete day of tech rehearsals and a press preview performance in the evening.
I have to admit to being exhausted when I’m not in rehearsal. So much so that my bed and the rehearsal studio are almost the only locations I can be found at present. So long as I have the energy for my scenes this won’t be a problem. Indeed, the rehearsals go on much longer than the play itself at present so if anything the actual run will require less energy and effort from my tired little body. As the days have gone on I feel I have come to know my character better. Reading between the lines, he’s dumber than I originally realised. Not an idiot as such, just not too quick on the uptake. In a sense he’s there as something of an attempt at light relief as well as for exposition so I am being encouraged to make him bigger, louder and sillier than I was playing him. This is a good thing as I doubt my ability to get across too many subtle characteristics when this is my first role in seven years.
Performances proper start tomorrow week and hopefully the press preview will tell us where, if anywhere, we need to tinker with things. I am still rather excited and looking forward to being able to look back on this as one of the many new things I found energy and enthusiasm to achieve this year.
