As we reach particular stages in the rehearsal process different themes seem to emerge. At the full cast call I was reminded, not that I needed to be, of the extraordinary nature of groups, and on Monday the opportunity that promenade theatre has to implicate the audience in the drama. The week looked like this:...
Week Three Schedule Monday 16th April (The Pavilion) Sc 42 Better Places to Be; Sc 44; The Family Determine. Tuesday 17th April (St Mary’s Church) Sc 29 Earwig Cottage Sc 31 Doctor’s Diagnosis Wednesday 18th April (St Mary’s Church) Sc 26 The Lych Gate...
Week Two Schedule You can refer to the scenes below by downloading the script here. Tuesday 12th April (St Mary’s Church) Sc13. The Trespassers ; Act 2 Bed Scenes Wednesday 11th April (St Mary’s Church) Sc14 Holly Hill Kitchen Sc 34 Lets Straighten Things Out Thursday 12th April (The Pavilion) Sc9 A Brace of Poets;...
You can see a copy of the script of Parallel Lives by opening it here. We have four evenings of rehearsal before the Easter break, so it’s an odd start. Monday we were in the Cricket Pavilion looking at the big bed scenes in Act 1. Tuesday we were in the back room of the...
Thursday, March 29th 3pm Meeting with Laura (Designer) Youth Hut, Hartfield Laura Stanfield and I worked together on the last community Play, Matters of Chance, in East Grinstead, which is about nine miles from Hartfield. That was Laura’s first community play and she did an amazing job. However imaginative or talented a theatre professional is,...
Jon Oram’s Diary of Parallel Lives, the Hartfield Community Play I have always meant to keep a diary of a community play. I am just embarking on my thirty second and I’ve never done it. I feel a determination to write something regularly. We will see what evolves. I have missed the chance of writing...
14 October 2011 - I’m in the middle of research for the Hartfield Community Play. For many, Hartfield is synonymous with A.A. Milne and Winnie the Pooh, a fact that is a bit of an irritant with some villagers. I must tread carefully, because, and it’s true, Hartfield (and Milne for that matter) is much...
