CLICK HERE to see the footage and get more info on our journey to production.
OLYMPUS opened at The Ashcroft Theatre last night and plays until Saturday before heading down to The Minack.
Two weeks ago CROYDON TV visited our rehearsal space and filmed a Sunday afternoon rehearsal.
CLICK HERE to see the footage and get more info on our journey to production. OLYMPUS opened at The Ashcroft Theatre last night and plays until Saturday before heading down to The Minack.
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Took a break from directing OLYMPUS, to direct an RSC OPENSTAGES production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING with only 7 hours rehearsal last Saturday. Remarkably it went brilliantly. The skills of professional musician, Jak Poore, were tested too, writing two songs in a few hours and underscoring the show with Jessica Ann Jenner on violin and recorder.
The cast were drawn from across the country - mostly amateur actors who have played significant roles in other RSC Openstages Productions this year. We were also lucky to have professionals involved - Elaine Hartley as Hero, Jennie Fox as Margaret and Dominique Gerrard as Beatrice to name a few. Once again the line between professional and amateur was blurred. Watching Robin Ingram delivering Leonato's speech over the swooning body of Hero was magic. I glanced around the auditorium. Not a dry eye... The spontaneity, bravery and courage of the cast was phenomenal. When they threw their books into the air at the end of the show and left the stage, they truly had delivered a dynamic reading and brought it off the page. Producing Shakespeare this way is not such a bad idea! Here are some rehearsal photos from OLYMPUS, featuring the very talented children who play Aphrodite's handmaidens and Asclepios' pupils in the production - with choreographer Penny Parks.
Somewhere in Croydon a set is being built ready for The Ashcroft Theatre next week and the premiere of Olympus The Musical. Here are some pictures of Maggie and Alan Matthews and Wiggy 'Set Designer' Wilson as well as an appearance from a little helper, painting the flats.
£400 raised by cast at a Fund Raising Tea Party for Olympus. Maurice Reeves, who suffered in the Croydon riots last year was present and enthused by the positive vibe of the production and happy to see Croydon Students involved in the show.
So much going on - into the last week of rehearsal for OLYMPUS and preparing for tech next week. The cast really pulling together. What happens when you can't afford the materials to make an idea happen - all the little touches that give a production detail and panache. Well - with this cast - they pool together. One of the dancers in our show - a young lady (10?) called Fiadhnaid told me today she has brought a bag of rose petals for Aphrodite's handmaidens to use and Neil O'Gorman (not 10) turned up with 70 red noses! Come and see how these extra ingredients factor in our time hopping musical!
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