Saturday 17th March Of Moments

I apologise that I'm a little behind on this so just a very brief run-down of what we did.

At this stage of rehearsals, with a week to go, it's all hands to the blocking. It's usually the case that there is still a lot of the script to put together. The nature of only having 2 hours a week means that you only really get a good 90 minutes to work around breaks and warm ups per week.

The focus was much better this week and we pushed on into the creation of version 2 of 'The Legacy of Fingerless Gloves'.

These types of weeks are pretty exhausting for all concerned. Tanushka and I are working frantically to make sure that all the young actors know what they are doing and have a decent amount to do whilst at the same time managing the room and making sure everyone is healthy and looking happy.

I'll just dwell briefly on what I have previously called 'Moments'. These are the bits in a piece of theatre that raise it above the rest. If you can put moments of character connection or focsuing of the script into the performance it will always add to the enjoyment of the audience.

Moments

The little looks, the tiny gestures,
The hidden gems and the sly swoops into space.
Moments make the magic, a director's ally,
The reflected truth of a human soul trapped in a script.
Perhaps a head turn, a glance across the divide,
Between two hearts, a glow, fast, or slow
To behold, but there. Amongst the chaos,
Amongst the voices and the songs, amongst
The debris of bodies, arms and legs
That show a different side, a real side
And there, a piece of magic indescribable in the gloom,
In the dust and ashes that maybe, if you're lucky,
You'll see and it'll be
Your moment.