Progressing with a Couple of Poor English Speaking Poles

On a rainy Thursday evening the Progress stage was buzzing with various electric tools. Director Joanna Rogowska has designed a set with a 2-d stylised look inspired by some paintings done by a friend. Part of the set is a semi-circle, which will be painted with different scenes on the inside and outside. This will allow the stage management crew to (quietly!)  set a scene inside the concave part while the convex side is facing the audience.

Jakes Coetzee - Joanna's other half - thought he was signing up for sound but has found himself managing construction of the imaginative set as well. At least he gets to see more of Joanna during the rehearsal period. 

Also hard at work was Scotty Downes. A carpenter by trade and foster son of long-standing members Chris and Jacqui Bertrand, Scotty has found his skills called on by Progress many times over the last sixteen years. He built the sets for I, Bertolt Brecht last season and The Taming of the Shrew in the Abbey ruins in 2008. He also remembers making a complete kitchen on stage once.

The final member of the set building team was Aidan Moran who designed and built the set for Going Postal.

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Coming up ….

The next production is A couple of poor English-speaking Poles by Dorota Maslowska 1 - 6 March 2010.

Progress Youth Theatre present The Importance Of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Mon 22nd & Weds 24th March 7.45 pm and Travesties by Tom Stoppard Tues 23rd & Fri 26th March 7.45 pm

Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn 14 - 24 April 2010

See www.progresstheatre.co.uk for more details of all our productions and auditions.