When I gatecrashed a rehearsal for the youth theatre's latest production the technical crew were busy trying to balance a bowl of fruit and a lamp shade suspended above the stage. Martin Noble had just finished setting up a pulley system so that the fruit bowl can be raised and lowered from backstage. I guess this is the sort of thing you find yourself doing when staging two absurdist plays.
The other surreal element to appear was an ironing board that needs reinforcing as one of the actors has to lie on it while being massaged. Another character has to jump on it too, although there was some discussion as to whether this scene would pass the pre-production safety checks.
I also had a sneak preview of the costumes as John showed off the magnificent waders he wears in his role as Harris in After Magritte.
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Progress Youth Theatre, An Absurdist Double Bill Monday 9th – Saturday 14th December 2013, 7.45pm, Progress Theatre
Jazz at Progress: Hugh Turner Quintet featuring Brandon Allen, Friday 20th December 2013, 7.30pm
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, by Joan Aiken, adapted by Russ Tunney Thursday 16th January - Saturday 25th January 2014
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