Prodigal 2011 – Day 5

Last day of term before the long weekend.  Finished off talking through the script.  Adam had the multitask of the Zach breakup scene into the Kane faceup scene.  Interestingly Zach leaves quietly and Kane very loudly.  Pete talked through the Lullaby lyrics – I don’t think I’ve looked that closely at them since I wrote

Prodigal 2011 – Day 4

Sitting around a table for seven hours doing textual analysis is not something one looks forward to when their head really hurts from a ton of what the waiter said was champagne, but we all knew to be sparkling white, at best.  But when Anne turned up, equally worn out from a night of bad

Prodigal 2011 – Day 3

Short rehearsal today, as I had my cousin Jed’s wedding to get to in the afternoon.  Which was a fantastic research opportunity in the midst of creating this all Australian family.  Aunties, uncles, cousins thrown together, mixing it up on the dancefloor – I totally popped and locked all round my Nan to the strains

Prodigal 2011 – Day 2

Worked with Adam and Anne today.  Adam is playing the dual role of Kane, the brother and Zach, the first boyfriend.  The roles were designed to be played by the same actor, which makes it a kind of tour de force performance, being so distinct.  We talked about how Adam wanted to approach that –

Prodigal 2011 – Day 1

A relaxing start to Prodigal 2011.  Music calls for Peter and Chrissy, and character discussions with both of them.  The music and acting are approached kind of oppositely – Matt starts with “these are the notes”, progressing to “this is how you sound good singing them” with interpretation being the final layer.  I started with