Week Three From The Rehearsal Room

Week three and we're starting to see a real shape for the piece now, getting to grips with Act 2 and running Act 1. 

This week we've been working with Flick Ferdinando from the Mr Whatnot cast to help us out with some silk work and some of our actors have surprised even themselves at their aerial skills! I won't give too much away but I can say that some of the cast have been head over heels with the work this week.

We've also been trying out some props for our mechanicals with hilarious effect, and all of our characters are really starting to take on a life of their own. Our cast have also been in fine voice this week and have even been showing off rhythmic prowess with washboards and spoons working on the songs with our Composer and Sound Designer Jon Nicholls. 

We've really been getting to the heart of some of the hardest scenes this week and everyone's taken on the challenge with a (sometimes literal) running jump, so we're all looking forward to doing our first run and seeing the whole show for the first time! 

Helen Barnett
Assistant Director

AUDIO CLIP - Here’s an audio clip of Amy Robbins in rehearsal singing one of Titania’s songs, recorded by BBC Radio Northampton’s Martin Borley, when he came in to do a piece on the play, which will be broadcast on the Breakfast Show. Click to listen.