'In Touch' with Muffins

Production: In Touch
Rehearsal Wk2
by Michael John Griesen (Friend)

Today we had our first read-through of the whole show. We read Act II as well even though we’re not doing that in the Fringe. It was fun because we could remember a lot of the Act II music from when we did it in March for New Musical Development. Jamie (who plays Mairin) brought in 3 containers of muffins; blueberry, chocolate chip, and toffee, and we ate most of them throughout the day. It was good to hear Ken's (Director) views on the play, and we discussed some of the character decisions that we could make. He then encouraged us to go away and research about our characters such as possible backstory, and avatars in general. Also, during the afternoon part of our rehearsal, England beat Slovenia and USA beat Algeria in the World Cup, so there was general rejoicing! More importantly we also had another look at the first act; the act we will be performing at the fringe. This was useful, as we were able to ammend and adjust any inconsistencies or practical problems in the script, such as smoking on stage! Though, in the long run that will be better for our voices if we're not smoking!!!