Husband and wife team Martin and Heather Noble spent their weekend set building for The Pillowman. As well as the usual carpentry and painting, set building for this show involves a certain amount of electronics. The set includes a bank of television screens that are variously used to represent CCTV cameras or to show scenes as part of the action. This has meant routing new cables from the tech box, at the back of the auditorium, to the stage. This is what Heather and Martin were busy doing on Sunday afternoon. Well, to be honest this is what Martin was doing; Heather, Zsuzsi Kingsnorth (director of the next production Death and the Maiden) and I were chatting, drinking tea and eating rather nice chocolate biscuits.
Heather (who has done lots of work on the set!) told me that she is working on a “need to know basis”. The plot includes several twists and surprises so she has made sure that she only finds out what she needs in order to do a particular job then she can enjoy the show to the full when she comes to see it. On the same basis I won’t tell you any more about the set, you’ll have to come and see for yourself.
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Coming up...
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh 20 - 29 May 2010
Death and The Maiden by Ariel Dorfman 5 - 10 July 2010
See www.progresstheatre.co.uk for details of all our productions and auditions.
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