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Clowning around...
Today saw a successful session in the Little Cauliflower rehearsal room. The Night of the Big Wind begins to take shape! Today Mary-Jane & Gemma from Red Threaders popped into our rehearsal and seemed very pleased with what we had to show them. The rehearsal itself focussed largely on the use of clowning in the performance of the villagers in the story. Crazy, high energy warm-ups (which Ceri couldn’t quite get her head round – Plenty of punishment press-ups there) soon turned into some very amusing, and largely successful character development tasks. With the roles of ‘Whiteface, Auguste & Grotesque Auguste’ allocated, the contemporary clowning aesthetic emerged in the opening of NOBW!
Meanwhile in the workshop the puppets have caused Will & Peter a slight headache – Luckily all is fine and dandy now and with the completion of the set and prop build scheduled for tomorrow’s 8 minute showcase at IYAF’s Raise the Roof, Rose Theatre, we should just about make it!
Tom
Production Assistant
Intern
Today saw a successful session in the Little Cauliflower rehearsal room. The Night of the Big Wind begins to take shape! Today Mary-Jane & Gemma from Red Threaders popped into our rehearsal and seemed very pleased with what we had to show them. The rehearsal itself focussed largely on the use of clowning in the performance of the villagers in the story. Crazy, high energy warm-ups (which Ceri couldn’t quite get her head round – Plenty of punishment press-ups there) soon turned into some very amusing, and largely successful character development tasks. With the roles of ‘Whiteface, Auguste & Grotesque Auguste’ allocated, the contemporary clowning aesthetic emerged in the opening of NOBW!
Meanwhile in the workshop the puppets have caused Will & Peter a slight headache – Luckily all is fine and dandy now and with the completion of the set and prop build scheduled for tomorrow’s 8 minute showcase at IYAF’s Raise the Roof, Rose Theatre, we should just about make it!
Tom
Production Assistant
Intern