Having a week in-between the first week was great to go away from the rehearsal room and have some time for what we'd already roughly set to sink in! Also to learn some lines, not that they are actually all leant yet... Darn V Festival!
I'm playing Brian in the show and I must say it has been a struggle thus far to play the over the top, flamboyant, pretty male, late twenties as he is described, as that is so very far from myself... Who am I kidding, I'm loving Brian and what I have to get my teeth into in the play. In fact the challenge for me here is to play a character so similar to myself, bringing humour whilst keeping it truthful and believable. I have some meaty scenes with some great dialogue, which is what I think makes the play, the writing is very naturalistic and allows us as actors to really put ourselves into the situations the characters are confronted with.
The rest of the cast however are unbearable unfortunately and I'll have to carry the show single handedly! In all seriousness the guys are lovely, Will has even been my personal trainer, helping me whip my flabby bum into shape. Will also handily pointed out whilst on a stroll to Saltburn beach how hard it actually is to skim stones in water, as Jack and I have to do in the play... You see even in our downtime we are working! (Sort of).
So back to the rehearsal room and as I speak, there's an amazingly awkward scene between characters Mark, Jack and Kate going on, amongst lots of discussion about tea making within the play. Oh and I must mention WE ARE HAVING SAND! (now that'll Draw in the audiences, and Luke now it's in writing it has to happen).
Im looking forward to the rest of the week before we head up to Newcastle to our next home at Northern Stage. Right I'm off to shove these lines in me head!
Thanks for reading,
Rob x
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