A final note from the rehearsal room
I remember having a conversation with Richard (the director) last summer, where he talked about where the original idea for Summer. Autumn. Winter. Spring. had come from. For him, it had started to form two years earlier whilst on holiday in Ireland, on a run by the sea in West Cork. As he was running […]
A performer’s reflections on Summer.
Last night, you watched a boy come back. A moment later, the adult he’d become, returned. His eyes had sparked as he’d said something to tease you. There was a freedom you noticed, that animated his face and this energy rippled through his body. Then he was calm again, as you’ve usually seen him. You […]
On Time
Towards the end of the Summer. rehearsal on Saturday, Caroline asks: Is time slowing down or speeding up? One of the performers answers: Time is dragging for me at the moment. I find it fascinating that our basic measures of time are the same (60 seconds in a minute, 24 hours in a day, 52 […]
Making maps for Autumn.
The reality of premiering a quartet of performances is the need to be creating, developing and rehearsing four pieces of work simultaneously. This is the case with Summer. Autumn. Winter. Spring., with the week divided between planning meetings, core team rehearsals, evening and weekend rehearsals with the performers for Summer. and Spring., and on-going conversations […]