The Going Postal crew are catching up with the time lost due to the bad weather (see Going Postal in the snow). According to the rehearsal schedule this weekend should have been technical rehearsals, setting up all the lighting and sound effects and scene changes. However the set is not yet complete so the crew have been working hard to finish off ready for the technical rehearsal now rescheduled for next weekend.
The set design that we saw on screen in December (see Going Postal with Gaffer Tape) is now taking shape on the stage. I was also shown an exciting addition but I have been sworn to secrecy so as not to spoil the surprise at the start of the play.
One big task going on while I was at the theatre was the construction of a massive pile of undelivered letters. The base is about 1.5 m high and covered in chicken wire. Three members of the technical team were sticking and stapling old envelopes to the frame. To give you some idea of the attention to detail on this production hours of painstaking work have been lavished on this letter pile but it will only be seen for a few seconds on the stage.
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett adapted by Stephen Briggs runs from
28 January - 6 February 2010 with matinees on 30 January & 6 February 2010. Tickets are available from the Hexagon 0118 9606060.
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Coming up ….
The next production after Going Postal is A couple of poor English-speaking Poles
by Dorota Maslowska 1 - 6 March 2010
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