Tuesday, September 15, 2009

It's Begun - The TECH!

I type from the tech desk at the Southwark Playhouse on day two of the big tech experience. All going well, slowly - but that is to be expected when you have a bunch of perfectionists creating a show!
We had a 12 hour day yesterday, the set looks fantastic, and Alex has done a grand job with the lighting conjuring just the right atmosphere and impact to frame and reinforce the play. The cast displayed amazing patience yesterday as they were required to stand still for hours on end as we plotted lights and sound around them. It's always difficult from where I am sitting to grasp the whole picture at this stage in production, when the show is spliced up into cues and technical chunks. Of course the artistic anxiety kicks in that all the beautiful rehearsal detail is lost in the melais of dry ice and parcans. But - deep down I trust that once we join up all the dots, it will fit back together again.

Adam Griffiths has very kindly joined the team and created the AV and film work for the pre-show, looking great - and we are most grateful to him. Our long day was concluded by a burst of song from our team of authorities who had put their long hours of sitting around to good use, and written a spoof song about 'Argos' - which was then performed in the style of a frog chorus to the rest of the company. A perfect way to end the day.

More soon....
Emma