Catching up with a 'Mine' rehearsal

Rehearsals for Mine are at the point where the set is built but not complete. The actors can start to get a feel for going in and out of the right exits using the different levels and steps but not everything is ready. Sometimes they have to make do with substitutes, for example a row of foyer chairs instead of a window seat and a hole in the wall where there will eventually be a dolls' house to crawl into.



Tallulah and Sam on the half finished set

The play is about adoption and there needs to be a baby. It is harder than you think to handle a doll in a way that allows the audience to suspend their disbelief and accept that it is a real baby. Part of the problem is that the weight is not right and there was some discussion about filling the doll with sand or tying a weight around it to make it a more realistic weight. All new parents will have struggled with holding a baby with one hand and doing something else like answering the phone with the other -  even more difficult when you are trying to act as well!

Director Chris teaching the cast how to hold a baby and answer the phone.

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Coming up -

Mine by Polly Teale 11th - 16th June 2012, Progress Theatre

What’s Wrong With Angry? By Patrick Wilde, 2nd - 7th July 2012, Progress Theatre

Henry IV Part One by William Shakespeare, 12th  - 21st July 2012, Caversham Court Gardens