Technical Rehearsal

Notes from Technical Rehearsal:

SET

• Strips between blocks need painting in brown to look uniform
• Mask screws
• Touch up black fascia
• Either peel off more map or stick up as it looks out of keeping with rest of collage
• Paint top bit of wood black - seen over Pros
• Tone in 2 blocks - look too orange
• Curtains need more brown along bottom edge/ spattering
• Trim curtains
• Fabric to cover curtain rail
• Stravinsky planks/ iron still need putting up
• Age fiddle
• Age mirror more
• Age photo frame
• Hide pole at the back of Proscenium stage blacks
• Black out carpet seen under steel deck
• Belfry decoration on pallets more black
• Bed laid out in a more luxurious manner - tell ASM's

COSTUME

Soldier

• Putties need to be identical - just below knee
• Shirt pulled down
• Continuity - bag done up, buttons on jacket (front and pockets)

Devil

• Cattle Merchant - tie needs to be more like a Cravat
• CM -Brown scarf material rather than hanky - looks too white
• WW - Hanky - poke out of sleeve a little more
• VV  - bow tie tighter
• Devil - Remove white feather from front of yolk.

Narrator

• Check John's tie size

Princess

• When revealed on the bed make sure her skirt lining is underneath the skirt fabric and cape out of the way
• Replace skirt fastening with metal poppers as the skirt kept falling down during the dance

LIGHTING

• Lights are quite strong and pink colouring isn't relative to set colour scheme - suggest alternative
• Final lighting is rainbow like - wrong message after sinister end to Soldier
• Smoke machine makes rather a horrible noise before working - ruins effect. Can this be resolved.

MAKE -UP

• Narrator looks rather racoon like - less black beneath eyes
• Grey in Narrator's beard needs bringing to the neck
• Soldier needs to be more assymetric and less red
• Devil as violinist needs to have slicked back hair tucked into the shirt collar with center parting for androgynous look
• Devil - hair needs to be less loose as hides costume detailing.
• Hair back brushed and high to meet headdress
• Headdress worn for final scene with cape as restricts movement - does give a fantastic final presence

Bed having been rearranged to look more luxurious. Princess's costume moved beautifully when dancing.

Set under lights.

Reflection:

Was great to finally see the costumes under lighting and in full operation to gauge what problems might occur and the final costume tweaks. It was a real benefit to have Dexter's keen eye as part of our team to just pick out final detailing and have a fresh eye looking at set, costume and make up. He was a real asset and helped to give a true professional finish to the show and our working methods. The dressers were fantastic and all changes were swift, accurate and on time. Overall it looked very good just little changes required.