Mansfield Park & Ride A New Cast, And A New Script!
9 November 2009
Welcome to Christmas!
Yes, for us, Christmas starts on Day 1 of rehearsals, and we've just welcomed Greg, Sally, Sophie, William, Vera and Penny to the Sir John Mills Theatre. The Readthrough is when everyone involved in the production sits down and reads through the script. Penny, our Stage Manager, reads in the stage directions, and everyone struggles to work out which characters they are playing. This is often a surprise to them, as such things are in flux from the very beginning. Two hours later and the cast is tucking into a buffet lunch, and wondering what the next 3 and a half weeks might bring....
After lunch, the cast is straight into rehearsals - Act One Scene One - and we're off!
Better start ordering the mince pies then!