Carmen Rodriguez in rehearsal as Irina for Another Way Theatre's THE SEAGULL Our adaptation from Chekhov is not written to be played as a period piece but like something happening right now. Chris has deliberately hacked down people’s utterances so they resemble the speech of modern people, who have no time for long debates or reminiscences but just say what they think / want / don’t want in short, snappy soundbites. Once they get the information they want, they just act on it. When they fly off the handle or fall in love, it’s immediate and tempestuous – no mulling of the pros and cons.
Today we put together the pieces of Part 2 and ran it in full for the first time. This half has scenes of great power and pathos as the rivalries, passions, disappointments and yearnings of all the characters work themselves out one way or another. Great joy to have our Kit back from directing a charity fund-raising production of his own last week; the heart is back in the company now.
We had fun with a piece of running business involving everyone doing a crossword together and making some surprising suggestions for the answers. If the audience join in on the night, who knows where it could go? There were good wheelchair larks and stuffed bird banter too, chucking around of litter, and a new between-the-acts dumb show set to a classic pop song which uncannily mirrors the events of the play.
Today we put together the pieces of Part 2 and ran it in full for the first time. This half has scenes of great power and pathos as the rivalries, passions, disappointments and yearnings of all the characters work themselves out one way or another. Great joy to have our Kit back from directing a charity fund-raising production of his own last week; the heart is back in the company now.
We had fun with a piece of running business involving everyone doing a crossword together and making some surprising suggestions for the answers. If the audience join in on the night, who knows where it could go? There were good wheelchair larks and stuffed bird banter too, chucking around of litter, and a new between-the-acts dumb show set to a classic pop song which uncannily mirrors the events of the play.
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