Rehearsals - Read Through
Today was an early start. I cycled over to Southwold for 9:30 to set up for the read through at the guide hut where our rehearsals will be taking place for the next two weeks before we move to the workshop where the set is in development. When everyone arrived and had been tea'd and coffee'd up we began with Mark welcoming us followed by information about company vehicles and where you have to go to borrow a bike for the summer to get about locally. Our Director Ron then gave us an introduction to the play Body Language which was written in 1990 by Alan Ayckbourn, followed by Tory who showed us a miniature cardboard cut out of what the set looks like. After introductions the actors began reading Act One which took about an hour followed by a 15 minute tea and coffee break. After reading through Act Two we stopped for a lunch break at around 12:30 . At 13:10 we began blocking (stage directions) the first 17 pages of the play. Charlotte and I were given blocking for our Actin