dinnertime!

Today we had a much needed,lengthy production meeting. here are my recordings of what happened in the meeting, of course including my opinions and reflections.
Scott.S - told us that most of the acting he’s seen is pretty good and we’re well on our way, however, we can’t yet relax! There’s still a while to go.
Kimmi - described the set design, including the new idea of having a bar as part of the set - with much discussion we decided that this may not be appropriate as it may not fit in context with certain parts of the script. it was suggested that we have a bar outside the space, in the corridor at which audience members can get drinks (may or may not be included in ticket price). this incorporated the idea of having a bar - also makes the bar more “real” in context with the play and also Mond’s previous idea of byo/grape juice with mocktails. I feel the bar and mocktales really contribute to setting the scene AS soon as audience members arrive.
We then realised that we need to think up an alternative for a place for Mond to be sitting in order to control the techi business - Scott thought of maybe having a “kitchen area” other ideas were to have a little station where you pay. (only problem with this is…they discuss the bill…is the bill in front of them when being discussed?) Other things kim reported to us were that there will br 10 square tables, each with 6 people - so we will be aiming to have an audience of 60 a night. There will be two round tables for main actors on a platform - with carpet. She has some Ken Done to hang up and a picture of dogs playing poker. She’s also started sending out media releases….good work kimmi:)
Yaniv referred us to all the research he’s done on his dramaturgical post - there’s a lot of good research there worth looking at-but i think it needs to be put into context with our play - and how it effects our play.
Mel - we discussed props, and what will be on the tables - bread bowls and butter, most likely no individual plates.
Elise - spoke about hair. Mel - no red streaks. Goofy - grow his hair. Yaniv - grow hair and shave. Also informed us that Mrs Mac will be teaching her make-up stuff during the musical! And she told us about her experiences at a pub bistro on friday night - at which the bar was very separate from the restaraunt (even for diet coke!!!)
Jono - discussed the cardboardband - the class seems to be split down the middle as to whether this is a good idea or not. I don’t mind it either way:)
There will be a dancefloor at the back, which i really do like the idea of:)
I stressed the importance of blog updates and reading eachothers blogs. Also spoke about researching your character on a broader spectrum and how this is really positive influence on your performance - i found it helped me alot. For example, yaniv, you could research coping with divorce. Other than all this, i think our play’s coming along well - once we physical things start coming together we’ll be able to envisage it well and i think this will be a big motivator too. it seems that further research needs to be done across the board, on all aspects and all ideas and i think its really important that we update eachother on all our research and decisions.
i know this has been a long blog, but if you survived through it - thanks for reading:)
peace out