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DAY 16 - Freshly Scratched at the BAC

16/5/2013

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So...here we are then, our second Scratch in one week. This morning, we all arrive at the Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) for our 11am tech rehearsal.The stage is smaller than expected so after a quick 20 minutes tech we are off to rehearse in Kingston.

Firstly we tape the floor in the rehearsal room to the size of the BAC's stage, and start running through our 10 minute section to get use to the stage size.

On Wednesday we made a list of things we wanted to refine after the Blue Elephant scratch. So we made our way through the list, refining little details. One example of this is in the diagnosis scene, adding in Ted (we have now named the puppet) reading a health leaflet, while the doctors/ensemble pull out x-rays and scans around him. We decided to take our time in the imagination sequence, looking at where the puppeteer stands so as to not block the puppet, to making minute details like the head making subtle movements.

After rehearsal we are back off to the BAC, we are last in the evening's running order and so get the opportunity to watch other pieces, which was a welcomed break to our busy week. After performing, we collect our feedback and have the chance to speak to some people.  The feedback below reflects the audiences thoughts and feelings:

"Beautiful. Absolutely charming puppetry. Genuinely moving."

 "Needs music for paper flying about...otherwise promising piece."


"Beautiful and heart-breakingly emotional. My Grandad is currently undergoing similar trauma and is was almost agonising to watch, you really made me feel for the puppet. Huge opportunity of emotionally touching many people. Keep up the awesome work."




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