Bentwater Roads: Bang A Drum. Get It On!

Having got the final Pulse show over and done with at the theatre, it was time to pop over to the Friends Meeting House for a session with our intrepid troupe of Ancient Britons - members of the public who have joined up to take part in the show.

Alan, the Assistant Director, had already been working with the group for a couple of hours before I arrived, so I felt rather like the 'new boy at school'.

Today was all about rhythm - inspired by one of Roger Eno's compositions, we were taught clapping rhythms, drum heartbeats, and chanting. The rhythms weren't easy to start with - is that a clap-clap-sniff, or clap-sniff-sniff? - but by the end of the day it was all sounding rather impressive.

The group is coming along really well. They haven't met the main cast yet. That should happen on Tuesday evening, and I think the cast will be more scared of meeting the Ancient Britons than the other way round!  We're hoping to see most of them at Rendlesham Forest on Saturday, where we're having a picnic.

In the meantime, I have lots of video editing to get on with. RSI, anyone?