Production

Tuesday 16^th October 

In the morning we visited The Rep. Theatre at St. George’s Court (SGC) to sit in on rehearsals for ‘The Wounded’, (a war story with a twist).

Ruth showed us around the rehearsal space, it was fascinating to see how this process works at the top level of the business and I appreciated how very organised everything was.
The stage area had been set out exactly to the size and shape of the space being used at the TA Centre in Kings Heath where the show will be performed. All the props and set were set out in an organised fashion and to as close a standard as will be used in the performance.

It was then that I was re-introduced to an old friend (and sometimes enemy) of mine: the LA85 assault rifle, (aka the SA80), the standard issue British Armed Forces rifle, albeit in air-soft replica form and therefore about a third of its real weight.

We also noticed that posted around the room on the walls were a series of diagrams, Ruth explained that these were character bios that the cast had drawn up during the first rehearsals, describing certain aspects of their characters that weren’t necessarily brought up during the actual show but helped to add to characterisation and make more realistic ‘3D’ people on stage.

We then moved on to the stage management office to speak to Ruth about course work and our jobs on Snow Queen, whilst the Alex’s took turns sitting in on The Wounded rehearsal session.
Ruth explained how I should go about the SQ paperwork, how ‘The Book’ should be set out, how rehearsal notes should look etc. She then provided me with copies of examples from previous Rep Shows. That will be a great help to me to get it all set out straight.
By the time midday rolled around I hadn’t had an opportunity to sit in on The Wounded but Alex N. and I had to leave to get over to MB campus for the SQ rehearsal that afternoon.

Ref. - The Wounded at The Rep. :
http://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/event/wounded/