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Work Progresses…

July 9 2008

Scripts are now starting to be put down as we stumble around the stage trying to avoid falling into the scenery - particularly the black-out curtains.

Yesterday we spent the morning looking at our characters and how we can develop them. For a large chunk of the play, particularly at the beginning, we interact with the audience without a script to support us, so it’s handy to know who we are.

We took turns at coming into the room in character and sitting in a chair in front of the rest of the cast, who were all in a row. Mark, our director and the rest of the cast then asked questions of the actor, who had to respond in character. We found out some very interesting things.

For example, Helen Mackay, as Lucy, was orphaned when her father was shot in a freak stalking accident. Sandy Brechin, as Aly the accordionist, told us the reason behind his wife's mysterious Edinburgh tattoo. We tried to delve into the mysterious past of Alasdair H as Mr McCrindle, but he was so elusive that he headed us off at each pass. Perhaps he has a murky past in some sort of interrogative field?

And now we're off to the land of runs... Running and running the show over and over again until it's as smooth as the pampered posterior of a member of the House of Lords.

© Alasdair Satchel, 2008

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