A stagger run through is what Alastair called it. Actors, stage management and choreographer stood by, ready for a day of stops and starts, problem solving and headaches.
But, strangely, it was anything but all that. If this is what the show looks like when we 'stagger through it', the audience will be in for an absolute treat once we open. And I mean that. The dance was epic and for the first time, actors truly went for it with all manner of props and objects being hurled and thumped all over the set to the infectous stomping of Mason's Apron, a belter of a tune. And then alongside all this madness there were beautifully intimate moments as we witness five sisters searching for something just out of their reach, a life they yearn for but can never have. When they dance, we see this raw passion, this lust for a lost life which they know could have been theirs. It's scary watching the dance. Scary, scary, scary. And just a little bit special.
We have our first proper run through tomorrow. And then to Basingstoke. H
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