Wednesday 2 May 2012

Four Minus One

Tonight is the first meeting of the group performing my one-act plays in July. We're going to look over the theatre and discuss timetables - basically when we will get together in couples or smaller groups to finalise the script, rehearse, organise publicity and so on. The idea was Robin Holden's but most of the work will no doubt fall on me.

One of us has decided to drop out. Foucault's Nightmare is a comedy about sex, featuring a young woman telling a story about a sexual encounter in the office. There is no nudity, but it involves miming sexual activity. The trick is to tell the story as straightforwardly as possible, free of innuendo. But, having spent a week reviewing the script - which I believe she loved - and discussing it with friends and her agent, the actress I had thought was ideal for the part has dropped out.

I don't blame her, but it raises the question as to whether we should find someone to replace her, for slots that we have already booked, or whether we should allocate her slots to the other players. I suspect we'll reallocate her slots, since finding another acress will create extra work. On the other hand, there may be the perfect performing standing in the wings desperate for the part. Just one more decision for tonight.

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