dress rehearsal

last dress rehearsal today before the first show tomorrow
the men had their tanoy off and charged on for their entrance
I was wearing too much slap!

nearly there

a run today. lala, one of the interviewees who is spanish came today. tomorrow th set gest in and we look at lighting states in the evening

card game

lots of card sharping today to practice the rhythm in card game

composing

I cant believe I am still composing in week three of a remount but I have to work on the team in front of me and need to change things to suit the new team. nearly stopped!

radio 3

radio today radio 3 to record us for music matters at 12.15 on saturday

this interviewed soraya with the interviewer translating from the french

we solved a corner of the show we had been working on

and we are starting to pout sections together

bingo

the bingo song may bein the phone booths
today Steven choreographing the men's mobile phones song and "drinking"
two nights ago I interviewed a Kurdish friend.
soraya spoke of what it was like to leave her mother tongue at the age of 5 when she left Algeria.

rehearsals week one

the polyphonic mayhem has stuck and it now has 6 parts, each a voice from a different interview with one of my neighbours. we are also going to translate them so there will be a tower of babel moment.
Helen Porter our music associate ( who co wrote the twitter opera) is doing fantastic work coaching the music.
Rakie Ayola ( ex holby city) has joined the women's section and learnt various clapping and stepping patterns as well as the ongs this week.
a choir are bringing 50 people to one show, I am doing a free workshop for the first 5 groups who book over 20 seats.
we start choreographing with steven on monday
I have been up late at night and early mornings this week rearranging for the new constellation of performers.