During dress rehearsals and production runs other plays in rehearsal can't use the theatre and have to find another space. Usually this is the Park United Reformed Church by Palmer Park. As the Youth Theatre were using the theatre on Sunday getting ready for the first performance of Is this it on Monday, I found the cast of Death and the Maiden rehearsing at the church. Sometimes rehearsals are held in the church itself. I once ran some rehearsals of Dracula there which felt a bit weird but as it was a traditional telling of the story where good triumphs over evil with the help of Christian symbols I decided it was quite appropriate.
The Death and the Maiden cast were not in the Church but in one of the function rooms. When I arrived they were rehearsing a scene where the two male characters are discussing a commission to examine the crimes of the previous regime in the unnamed South American country the play is set in. They are putting the world to rights over late night drinks and much of the director's comments centred around portraying that increased certainty about our own opinions many of us get when we've had a few drinks.
Richard Tripp and Dino Costa who play Gerardo Escobar and Roberto Miranda have got their lines and basic moves pretty well learnt and with nearly three weeks to go are now concentrating on the subtle nuances and turning points of scenes.
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Coming up...
Youth Theatre week - Parcans (11 - 13 year olds) 14th and 15th June "Is This It?"
Strobes (13 - 15 year olds) 18th and 19th June Beary Tales and Bored Office Drones.
Death and The Maiden by Ariel Dorfman 5 - 10 July 2010
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