Hello! We're already to Thursday and leave for Edinburgh ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! What?! Sooo thrilling! :)
Yesterday we polished the storm. Polished it till there wasn't any polish left and we were essentially rubbing the piece raw. We had to leave it where it was. It's in good shape. We're just getting anxious and having trouble trusting ourselves with the time running out.
We proceeded to work through the rest of the show, speeding through wherever possible and hitting transitional points and musical complements. We found where music assists the piece - particularly underscoring and filling transitional gaps - and we found ways to transition as quickly as possible - we're hoping this will eat up some excess time that we still need to shave off the piece.
We made it through Act III.iii for transitions and music yesterday. We will pick up where we left off and finish up with Act IV and Act V before we do a speed through of transitions (working through what we just found all in a row without stopping so that there is a flow in our thinking and physicality). We will then do our second full run of the show.
We have people from "the hill," or from campus, coming down to interview us on our process and on our project this afternoon. So rehearsal once we're through our run, we will be looking at getting camera ready, answering questions, and posing for photo call. The best part is that we get to use any photos taken of us for promotional purposes and advertising. This will be especially useful when we start publicizing the New York show.
That's all I really have...Anyone have any great suggestions for what we should see/do in Edinburgh besides see incredible theater?
With Love,
Jana x
You should of course visit the castle, don't miss "The Stone of Scone", The royal mile, sample the whiskey, underground Edinburgh, and the Military Tatoo is a must see...
ReplyDeleteTake the train across the Forth Rail Bridge to Dumfernline and visit the ancient capital of Scotland and the gateway to the "Kingdom of Fife". Then there is the train/bus across the M8 to Glasgow or indeed Stirling and view the statue of Mel Gibson, sorry William Wallace.
ReplyDeleteTake a walk right up the East End of Princes Street to the Royal Observatory and also walk the crags from Holyrood Palace to the Crags pub opposite the Royal Commonwealth pool.
The Castle, obviously and view the Honours of Scotland (Crown Jewels), the Stone of Destiny, Scottish National War Memorial and if you get there before 1pm you can view the 1 o'clock gun being fired. A fantastic sight.
See you probably on 10 August.
Stephen