Blogs dated October 2011

Opening night

October 28, 2011

I've woken up to a mist on the Avon, much akin to Wuthering Heights

by Laura Darrall  |  6 comments  |  Read this entry

Change is coming...

October 28, 2011

On Sunday I'm getting my hair styled for the show.

by Iris Roberts  |  6 comments  |  Read this entry

Stratford-upon-Avon

October 26, 2011

We have arrived. I am writing this entry sat over-looking the Avon next to a string of rowing boats named Ophelia, Miranda, Viola, Volumnia... You see the pattern. I have died and gone to Shakespeare Heaven.

by Laura Darrall  |  3 comments  |  Read this entry

Getting to grips with the show

October 26, 2011

Monday we ran the whole show. I am getting a little frustrated with myself because I know where I want/need to be and it's not there yet, it all went by so fast!

by Iris Roberts  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

The Observer

October 14, 2011

So today I have spent most of my day watching.

by Laura Darrall  |  1 comment  |  Read this entry

Eating before the performance

October 14, 2011

We did a stagger through of Act 1 today putting the children's scenes in and placing them in the fights.

by Iris Roberts  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

A ten-year-old boy and a dominatrix

October 11, 2011

Sat on the 345 on the way home after a day of treading the boards (too luvvy?) and listening to Alanis Morisette on my iPod (too trashy?), it strikes me how different a life we actors lead compared to 'normal' people.

by Laura Darrall  |  1 comment  |  Read this entry

The good the bad and the ugly

October 11, 2011

I'm going to be blogging over the next few weeks about rehearsals. The good the bad and the ugly – (my body looks like a bruised apple at the moment).

by Iris Roberts  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

My first blog

October 6, 2011

Sat in the kitchen of our Clapham rehearsal rooms, surrounded by mugs of various hot liquids (mainly of the caffeine variety), dog eared scripts and actors arriving in various states of waking up, I have decided to start my blog!

by Laura Darrall  |  No comments yet  |  Read this entry

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