Hello everyone! This week we have been back to rehearsals, and we have never been more excited! Once we got the go ahead, we were itching to be back at rehearsals in person; socially distanced and tested (of course). After 14 months, it was a mixture of emotions as we were finally able to get back together as a theatre company in person to rehearse and discuss our next steps - we were extremely excited to be back at it!
After months of discussing our upcoming shows over zoom, with the odd technical difficulty, it was a relief to be back together in the outdoors and rehearsing for "Do You Think He Heard Us?", our show coming to the Barnstaple Live-stream Fringe Fest 2021. Once we were in the garden, with a chair and limited props, we were ready to get back into the flow, and just like it was like no time had passed at all. We were getting creative, ironing out our narrative, and dusting off our costumes.
With "Do You Think He Heard Us?", we really have not given ourselves an easy task; 17 characters, in 15 minutes with 3 actors! A truly daunting prospect, but one we are enthusiastic about. We quickly realised, that being able to rehearse in person and having a flurry of ideas over zoom were vastly different, and that 15 minutes really was not that long at all. However, being together, and having the trust in each other’s ideas are the best way to keep being creative, forming ideas and finalising a narrative for the production.
After five to six hours, with the great weather we have been experiencing, (which we hope you have all been enjoying too), we were really happy with where we got to the first draft of the walk-through piece after only discussing it prior to our meet up! And of course, a celebratory glass of fizz (or two) was in order!
We are genuinely thrilled to be performing "Do You Think He Heard Us?" in a couple of months, and the rehearsal process that comes with it. We really hope other theatre companies can be just as creative, and we cannot wait to watch and encounter more and more theatre throughout the year.
This week, we leave you with our official promo photo of "Do You Think He Heard Us?", which is coming to Barnstaple on Sunday 27th June 2021.
- South By SouthWest Theatre Company x
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