A Kind of Alaska by Harold Pinter performed by Be:spoken Theatre

On March 10-13th there is a production of 'A Kind of Alaska' by Pinter being performed at Chapter Arts Centre in the Theatre by a new company - Be:spoken Theatre. Caroline Bunce , a sublime actress in the play, suggested in her wisdom that I, Julie, merely the director, you understand, create a blog..and that i was responsible for creating such a blog because i was the director... and therefore i havent got much else to do..so here I am.

Weve been rehearsing for about 4 days now and have given ourselves the luxury of having enough time to play and be as rigid or exploratory as we want to be. You dont often see the names Stanislavsky and Pinter in the same sentence, because the artistic journey required to realize text with their varying methods are just about as far apart as you can get... but i think if you dont tap into the resources of your actors through their instincts physically and emotionally about the roles , then how can you repress the emotions and preserve the ambiguity that Pinter requires? So ..thats where we are. Each role is separate in the text for so many reasons and im trying to create the sea in which these islands exist..anyone who knows me..know that that last sentence has exhausted me, i have peaked creatively, and now i need a glass of chardonnay..but one final thing...its a pleasure to reveal the play in this way with time and space and dare i say... the F word... funding!..and these actors...Caroline Bunce, Claire Cage and Nathan Sussex are making my job so rewarding....Steve Denton is our designer and has created many Pinter sets before. Lisa Harris is in rehearsals with us contributing her thoughts and observations and Andy Thomas is our stage manager.Rehearsals are at Chapter pretty much every day if you are around and fancy a chat. I will 'blog-more'soon

Feel free to comment on the' blogging journey' with us and hopefully we will see you at the show next month.

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Comment by Robert Harper on February 12, 2010 at 4:37
Had an amazing time at the rehearsal. I love the ideas of working on the character that you brought to the rehearsal. Very inspiring. Lovely to meet everyone and I hope to get to see the end result.
Comment by Julie Barclay on February 6, 2010 at 5:55
this pic of me is one of hers..shes made of pure gold and thats a fact
Comment by Robert Harper on February 6, 2010 at 2:09
Super. I'm having some new pictures taken by the wonderful Claire Cage first thing, so I shall pop along afterwards, say hello, do a little writing in the cafe and then maybe catch you all for lunch. Looking forward to meeting you.
Comment by Julie Barclay on February 5, 2010 at 9:15
Hi Robert..great idea..we 'll look out for you. Next friday we are there from 10.45 to 5pm. lunch about 1pm.
Comment by Robert Harper on February 5, 2010 at 3:22
I hope that I can make another visit down to Cardiff to catch a performance, but in the meantime I might pop along next Friday and say hello at Chapter.
Enjoy the rehearsals.

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